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AI-Enabled Toilets Start Tracking Health Metrics at Home
technology16 days ago

AI-Enabled Toilets Start Tracking Health Metrics at Home

AI-powered smart toilets measure stool texture, urine color, and hydration with cameras and sensors; Throne Science has raised $10 million in a Series A for its Throne One camera ($399) plus $5.99/month, which uses your phone to identify users, with competitors like Toto, Vivoo, Kohler, and Withings offering similar devices. Doctors see potential value for GI patients but caution that current data aren’t diagnostic and many factors affect digestion; FDA clearance would be needed for medical diagnoses, and industry expects mainstream adoption in 6–10 years.

via Briefs Finance|
#ai#gastrointestinal#healthtech
Doximity climbs 55% on AI optimism despite earnings miss
business18 days ago

Doximity climbs 55% on AI optimism despite earnings miss

Doximity's stock jumped roughly 55% after its fiscal Q1 miss, as CEO Jeff Tangney highlighted a heavy AI investment plan and a 'once-in-a-generation' AI opportunity in medicine. The company’s Ask AI model reportedly outpaced rivals like Anthropic’s Fable 5 in a Stanford-Harvard study, and scribe note usage surged 10x year over year. The quarter showed adjusted earnings of 29 cents on $156.6 million revenue (vs 30 cents and $151.8 million expected), while Q2 revenue guidance was $170–$171 million, underscoring investor optimism about AI-driven growth.

via Barron's|
#ai#business#docs
US Debut of Hilo Core Turns Blood Pressure Monitoring Into a Daily Wearable Companion
healthtech1 month ago

US Debut of Hilo Core Turns Blood Pressure Monitoring Into a Daily Wearable Companion

Aktiia's Hilo Core system, now available in the US, combines an FDA-cleared blood pressure cuff with a slim wristband to continuously monitor BP and provide long‑term insights. After a four‑day calibration, cuff readings establish a baseline and are performed monthly, while the band auto‑reads BP about every 90 minutes (up to 35 readings per day) using optical sensors. The kit costs $90, plus a $150 annual subscription; in Europe it has shown BP reductions. The wristband is currently a wellness device (not FDA‑cleared), and readings are meant to supplement medical advice, not replace it. Privacy notes say data is anonymized and not sold to third parties.

via CNET|
#aktiia#blood-pressure#fda-cleared-cuff
Five underrated Apple Watch tricks that transform how you use it
wellness1 month ago

Five underrated Apple Watch tricks that transform how you use it

Tom's Guide highlights five underrated Apple Watch features that will change daily use: enabling Noise to monitor environmental sound and protect hearing; using Walkie-Talkie for real-time voice messages; taking ECG readings for heart rhythm checks; browsing the web by sending a URL to yourself in Messages; and triggering the iPhone camera remotely with a double-tap gesture via Camera Remote.

via Tom's Guide|
#apple-watch#healthtech#smartwatches
Midjourney Expands from AI Art to MRI-Style Full-Body Ultrasound Scans
technology2 months ago

Midjourney Expands from AI Art to MRI-Style Full-Body Ultrasound Scans

Midjourney unveiled The Midjourney Scanner, a water-based full-body ultrasound system built with Butterfly Network that can generate 3D body images in about 60 seconds to map body composition; plans include a San Francisco spa and a library of shareable scans, with medical uses needing FDA clearance and privacy/data-sharing policies to be announced as the project progresses.

via The Verge|
#full-body-scanner#healthtech#midjourney
Three days with a fart-detecting wearable unlocks gut-health clues
technology2 months ago

Three days with a fart-detecting wearable unlocks gut-health clues

A Gizmodo tester wears the University of Maryland’s Smart Underwear fart detector for three days, attaching a clip-on sensor to track hydrogen in farts and infer gut microbiome activity. The study aims to establish baselines for normal fart patterns, compare them against diet (including a planned low-FODMAP day), and contribute data to the Human Flatus Atlas. Findings from the test aligned with diary entries, showing variability in fart frequency and suggesting potential uses for personalized gut-health guidance and even cancer-prevention insights, with plans to scale up recruitment and commercialize the tech via Ventoscity LLC.

via Gizmodo|
#farting#gut-health#healthtech
Oura Ring 5 edges ahead as Samsung stalls the Galaxy Ring sequel
technology2 months ago

Oura Ring 5 edges ahead as Samsung stalls the Galaxy Ring sequel

Samsung’s Galaxy Ring failed to sustain its launch hype, with tepid follow‑through and underwhelming sales, while Oura released Ring 5—smaller, more capable, and priced at $399 with a $5.99/month subscription—leveraging its longer market presence and iPhone compatibility to widen the gap, as Samsung backs off and eyeing a Galaxy Ring 2 around 2027 remains uncertain.

via SamMobile|
#healthtech#oura-ring#samsung-galaxy-ring
The Longevity Boom: When a Movement Becomes an Industry
business3 months ago

The Longevity Boom: When a Movement Becomes an Industry

Vitalist Bay in Berkeley showcased a longevity conference-festival where attendees joined mass at-home blood testing by Rythm Health and heard talks from cryopreservation to delaying menopause, highlighting how the field is shifting from a loose movement to a commercial industry. The scene blends hype with real biotech demos, investor presence, and ethical questions as researchers, founders, and enthusiasts push to make anti-aging tech more mainstream.

via statnews.com|
#aging#biohacking#biotechnology
Apple Watch at a crossroads as screenless wearables gain ground
technology3 months ago

Apple Watch at a crossroads as screenless wearables gain ground

Apple’s 11-year-old Watch is losing momentum as rivals Whoop, Oura, and Google-backed Fitbit Air push screenless health tracking focused on recovery and sleep. Leadership churn at Apple—retirements and exits across health, hardware, and marketing—amid a push to simplify Health and pursue AI-driven services. Oura’s confidential IPO filing signals competitive pressure, while Apple’s Health app remains cluttered and less actionable. watchOS 27 will be incremental, with heart-rate improvements and AI features drifting into iOS 27 more broadly, and a glucose-monitoring project—once a Jobs-era ambition—still progress-laden. The market is expanding beyond wrists toward glasses and other devices, pressuring Apple to decide whether to lead a screenless, AI-powered health era or risk falling behind.

via The Next Web|
#apple-watch#healthtech#oura
Ultrahuman Ring Pro: A data-heavy upgrade in a mature smart-ring market
technology3 months ago

Ultrahuman Ring Pro: A data-heavy upgrade in a mature smart-ring market

Ultrahuman’s Ring Pro delivers a polished hardware and software bump—dual-core ML, 250 days storage, and a feature-rich charging case with Power Plugs—for deeper health insights, but at $479 and without a revolutionary leap over rivals like the Oura Ring 4, it feels like a strong yet non-revolutionary step in a maturing smart-ring market.

via Engadget|
#healthtech#sleep-tracking#smart-ring
Whoop Launches In‑App Clinician Access, AI Health Guidance and EHRs
technology3 months ago

Whoop Launches In‑App Clinician Access, AI Health Guidance and EHRs

Whoop will offer U.S. users on‑demand video consultations with licensed clinicians via its app, plus electronic health records via a HealthEx partnership and AI‑powered health guidance. Some features are included with membership, while live consultations will cost extra when launched this summer. The move follows Whoop’s $575 million funding round that valued the company at $10.1 billion. Consultations start with a data-driven health evaluation using device data and, when available, blood work and medical history, and are meant to complement—not replace—existing care. The update also includes AI coaching and proactive reminders, but comes after a previous FDA warning over Blood Pressure Insights; new FDA guidance allows optical BP measurements in wellness devices if no medical‑grade claims are made.

via CNBC|
#ai#healthrecords#healthtech
Harvard study finds AI outperforms doctors in emergency triage
technology3 months ago

Harvard study finds AI outperforms doctors in emergency triage

A Harvard Science study shows AI systems outperformed human doctors in emergency department triage using the same electronic health records; AI reached 67% exact/close diagnoses vs 50–55% for humans and performed better on longer-term treatment planning (89% vs 34%). However, the test used only text-based data and did not assess signals like distress or appearance, framing AI as a second-opinion tool rather than a replacement for clinicians. Experts see AI as potentially reshaping medicine while emphasizing accountability and ongoing evaluation.

via The Guardian|
#ai#clinical-decision-support#emergency-medicine
Fitbit founders launch Luffu AI to ease family caregiving
technology6 months ago

Fitbit founders launch Luffu AI to ease family caregiving

Fitbit co-founders James Park and Eric Friedman unveiled Luffu, an AI-powered “intelligent family care system” that ties together health data from apps, portals and devices, learns routines, and flags meaningful changes across family members (and pets). Users can log information via voice, text or photos and ask plain-language questions, with privacy controls and configurable Guardian access to share data. The private-testing startup, about 40 employees, aims to ease the caregiving burden for roughly 63 million U.S. adults and plans to expand into hardware later.

via Axios|
#ai#caregiving#family-care