Smartwatches fail to measure blood glucose levels
A rigorous new evaluation reveals that wrist-worn wearables capture no real blood glucose data, exposing a major flaw in non-invasive tracking claims.
August 5, 2026
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Smart rings and LLMs predict depression symptoms
Giving consumer smart ring data to a raw language model to spot depression fails completely, unless you teach it how to think first.
August 3, 2026
Physics helps AI track continuous blood pressure
By blending cardiovascular physics into machine learning, researchers have cut the data needed to track continuous blood pressure in half.
August 2, 2026
Wrist trackers predict future disease and mortality
A single week of wrist-worn movement data can forecast hundreds of future health conditions years before they are diagnosed.
July 28, 2026
Eli Lilly Bets on Oura Rings
Pharmaceutical giants are realizing that selling a weight-loss drug is only half the battle.
July 17, 2026
A foundation model of wearable pulse oximetry reveals physiological signatures of health and cardiometabolic risk
A new foundation model shows that overnight pulse oximetry data contains deep physiological signatures that can predict future hypertension and next-day blood sugar levels.
July 2, 2026
How Whoop outmaneuvered federal regulators
A quiet regulatory truce reveals exactly how far consumer wearables can push into clinical territory without triggering a federal crackdown.
June 29, 2026
AI detects early depression for better treatment results
A new AI system identifies a reversible “pre-disease” window for depression, proving that treatment timing matters more than the tool itself.
June 29, 2026
Why pharma wants smart rings on GLP-1 patients
A new partnership between a smart ring maker and a pharmaceutical giant reveals how drugmakers are using consumer hardware to keep patients compliant.
June 24, 2026
Wearable ECG AI fails older patients
Smartwatches and rings are marketed as lifesaving heart monitors, but new data shows their single-lead AI systems fail the very patients who need them most.
June 18, 2026