Health tech: Fitbit's line of wearable watches might have started as simple step trackers, but their capabilities have expanded greatly over the years. The company now sells full smartwatches, and ...

The Food and Drug Administration has given Fitbit the green light to monitor users' heart rhythms in the background. A new photoplethysmography (PPG) algorithm can passively check a user's heart ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized a new Fitbit feature designed to continuously monitor a wearer’s heart rhythms for signs of atrial fibrillation. The roll-out is based on a ...

Google announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted clearance for a long-awaited algorithm to detect atrial fibrillation (AFib) in users through select Fitbit smartwatches and ...

Fitbit has just vaulted over a huge hurdle: it can now continuously monitor users’ heart rhythms. This was authorized by the US’ Food and Drug Administration (FDA) — and takes the wearable company a ...

The researchers created a proof-of-concept system where their self-supervised machine learning algorithm can turn smart speakers into short-range sonar devices that measures heart rate and inter-beat ...

Google has announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared its product, Fitbit, to use a new feature that will identify atrial fibrillation (AFib). In a statement on Monday, Google ...

While the step counters and run tracker apps of the world get most of the attention, a growing number of apps in the marketplace are serving serious clinical needs. One is AliveCor‘s AliveECG app, ...

The first results have been revealed from a massive study testing a new algorithm designed to detect irregular heart rhythms using data from smartwatches and fitness trackers. Enrolling nearly half a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . About one-third of participants who had an irregular heart rhythm detected by their Fitbit device and ...

AI Algorithms Enhance LINQ II™ Insertable Cardiac Monitor Diagnostic Accuracy for Improved Management of Patients DUBLIN, July 28, 2021 /CNW/ -- Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT), the global leader in medical ...