Apple Watch App Releases Sleep Apnea Tracking Update
The third-party sleep tracking app for Apple Watch, NapBot, is releasing a major update.
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LatestZeit’s Early Warning Wearable for Sleep Strokes Could Save Lives
Zeit Medical’s brain-monitoring wearable could help raise the alarm and get people to the hospital fast enough to mitigate the stroke’s damage and potentially save lives.
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LatestStudy Shows Fitbit Heart Rate-Tracking Devices Accurately Track Light, REM, and Deep Sleep Stages
Fitbit has validated the ability of wrist-worn trackers that incorporate movement and cardiac sensors, like Fitbit Alta HR, Fitbit Blaze, and Fitbit Charge 2, to accurately determine light, deep, and REM sleep stages.
Here’s What 12,000 Respondents in 6 Countries Say About Their Sleep During the Pandemic
Thailand was revealed as the nation that was most sleep deprived, with half of respondents claiming they were definitely sleep deprived, followed by Germany, the US, UK, Italy, and Spain.
Read MoreAmericans Lost An Average 25.20 Minutes of Sleep On Election Night
Americans lost around 25 minutes of sleep on average on election night, according to an analysis of tens of thousands of people with health technology wearable Oura Ring.
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Apple WatchOS 7 Adds Much-Anticipated Sleep Tracking
Apple also touts that its new Apple Watch Series 6 includes a feature that measures the oxygen saturation of the user’s blood.
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Fitbit Gets FDA Clearance for ECG App
Fitbit received 510(k) clearance from the FDA for its electrocardiogram app to assess heart rhythm for atrial fibrillation.
Read MoreElectrode-Sensor Eye Mask Allows for Sleep Quality & Disorders Studies That Couldn’t Be Done Before, Its Developers Say
Chesma’s “unique bimodality” will enable studies not possible until now, for investigating sleep quality and sleep disorders, according to its developers.
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National Sleep Foundation Partners with Samsung to Provide Sleep Health Education
Samsung’s Galaxy Watch3 will feature an updated sleep tracking function that will generate a “sleep score.” Sleep scores will be accompanied by educational sleep health messages.
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Masimo Adds to Its Direct-to-Consumer Solutions with Sleep Wellness Device
Masimo Sleep is fueled by the same expertise in signal processing and sensor development that drives the Masimo hospital products.
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Apple Reveals New Sleep Tracking Software
A software update coming to the Apple Watch Series 5 in a few months will include new sleep tracking features, according to a report from Forbes.
Read MoreThis is the beginning of true, comfortable EEG sleep recordings at home
Emmanuel Mignot, MD, PhDReviewed: Fitbit Charge 4 Sleep Tracking
A writer for CNET evaluates all the sleep tracking features on the recently released Fitbit Charge 4. Each morning, the Fitbit app gives you a Sleep Score based on everything from sleep duration to sleep stages, heart rate and...
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How to Buy Wrist Oximeters
Here are some factors that sleep medicine professionals who opt for wrist-worn devices should consider.
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Clinically Validated Sleep Wearables Are Coming [Editor’s Message]
This year may be when several consumer wearables get FDA approvals for their sleep measurements.
Read MoreTracking Sleep: Does Fitbit Measure Up to Clinical Standards?
We’ve come a long way from measuring the quality of our sleep by the hour, though that’s still important—only a generation ago it was recommended that we needed eight hours; before that, it was 10. Now, some...
Read MoreFitbit May Track Sleep Time Accurately, But Overestimate Problems
Fitbit might be doing a relatively good job of tracking hours of sleep, but researchers warn its shortcomings can create more anxiety for those who struggle to rest. Two small studies conducted by Monash University, published in...
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Singapore Study Using Wearable Trackers Links Insufficient Sleep to Increased Rate of Biological Aging
Analyzing data collected from wearable trackers, researchers from the SingHealth Duke-NUS...
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