A Japanese company that has been measuring body composition since 1992 quietly builds the scales that researchers trust. Its consumer devices cost less than most smartwatches. Tanita Corporation has a…
The same company whose devices measure body composition in 65,000 hospitals and research facilities worldwide has built a consumer scale. The question is how much clinical precision survives the transition….
Your arteries age faster than you do. A bathroom scale that measures how fast is the first step toward slowing them down. Arterial stiffness is one of the earliest detectable…
The number on your scale tells you almost nothing about your health. The fat wrapped around your organs, invisible and unmeasured, may be telling a very different story. Visceral adipose…
The Withings Body Scan 2 is a smart scale with ECG, arterial stiffness and segmental body composition. Excellent for trends; its new risk warnings are unproven.
Untreated obstructive sleep apnea shortens life expectancy by an estimated 8 to 18 years. For the 80% of sufferers who remain undiagnosed, the most dangerous thing about their sleep is…
Google quietly embedded a sleep laboratory’s most basic measurement principle inside a $99 alarm clock. The question is whether convenience can compensate for clinical depth. The gap between sleep science…
What if tracking your sleep required nothing on your body and nothing under your mattress, just a small device on your nightstand listening to the way you breathe? The history…
Elite athletes have known for years that recovery happens during sleep. The question is whether a sensor under your mattress can measure it precisely enough to matter. Heart rate variability…
Approximately one billion adults worldwide have obstructive sleep apnea, and more than 80% of them do not know it. A sensor hidden beneath your mattress could be the first step…
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