Browsing: Health Tech & Wearables

Bengaluru: Tata Group’s electronics retail chain Croma is deepening its push into the healthcare and fitness segment, with a focus on advanced wearables such as smartwatches, fitness trackers, and smart rings alongside partnerships with global brands like Oura, as it looks to tap into rising demand for preventive health technologies.“At Croma, our expansion into the…

Article updated on September 1, 2026 The future of healthcare is personal, predictive, and increasingly powered by devices you wear, carry, or have implanted. What was speculative a few years ago is now a $117 billion global market for wearable medical devices, growing at roughly 20 percent annually. Smartwatches detect irregular heart rhythms. Continuous glucose…

Physical inactivity remains a major global public health concern, with important implications for noncommunicable disease prevention and health system planning, highlighting the need for more accurate and comparable population-level data. This meeting report summarizes the discussions and outcomes of an expert consultation convened by WHO as part of an ongoing series of technical meetings to…