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April 12, 2022
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Smartwatch heart data less accurate for people with darker skin tones

WASHINGTON — Wearable devices may be less accurate for the detection of heart rate and rhythm in adults with darker skin tones, according to data from a meta-analysis presented at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session.

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April 08, 2022
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VIDEO: Heru adds two tests to wearable diagnostic device

NEW YORK – Heru introduced two new applications to its diagnostic platform, re:Vive 2.0, at Vision Expo East.

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April 06, 2022
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Eyeglass wearers can interact with Alexa through Echo Frames

NEW YORK – Amazon Echo created Echo Frames so eyeglass wearers could be connected to the world around them in a hands-free manner, company executives told Healio at Vision Expo East.

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February 16, 2022
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Portable VR headset provides visual field testing

BOSTON – M&S Technologies introduced the Smart System VR Headset here at a press conference during the American Academy of Optometry meeting.

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January 25, 2022
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Digital health enhances clinical care, powers public health

Digital health technologies provide ‘multifold’ benefits by increasing access to patient lives and improving patient care, according to a presenter at the Crohn’s and Colitis Congress.

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January 25, 2022
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VIDEO: Options for digital rhythm, AF monitoring ‘rapidly expanding’

In this video, Biykem Bozkurt, MD, PhD, the Mary and Gordon Cain Chair and Professor of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, discusses studies on new digital technologies presented at the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.

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December 30, 2021
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The Take Home: AHA Scientific Sessions

The American Heart Association Scientific Sessions were held virtually Nov. 13 to 15. The event included numerous presentations of new data in cardiology.

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December 02, 2021
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Top news of November: Effects of diet, coffee, sodium on heart health and more

The Healio and Cardiology Today Editors have compiled the top news from November.

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November 28, 2021
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Top news of AHA 2021: Coffee and CV health, the Fitbit Heart Study and more

Healio and Cardiology Today have aggregated the top headlines from the 2021 American Heart Association Scientific Sessions.

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November 24, 2021
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VIDEO: Wearable technology offers multiple diagnostic tests

BOSTON – The re:Vive from Heru is a wearable, modifiable, gameable, portable visual field system that can be used in a brightly lit room, Mitch Ibach, OD, said here at the American Academy of Optometry meeting.

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