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Study finds wearables may help detect serious illness
By Heather Mack | 05:33 pm | January 12, 2017
When monitoring heart rate, skin temperatures, activity and other physiological data, biometric-sensing wearables are also tracking important indications of abnormality associated with infection, inflammation or even insulin.
NIH-backed Stanford study to look at 5 million Azumio users' data
By Jonah Comstock | 11:45 am | November 17, 2015
Health app maker Azumio has partnered with Stanford University to make deidentified, anonymized data from a cohort of 5 million users available for research purposes.
Google Glass could help surgeons spot complications sooner
By Jonah Comstock | 10:37 am | September 17, 2014
A new pilot study from Stanford University shows that Google Glass can help surgeons monitor patients' vital signs more closely during surgery, potentially helping them to prevent more complications.