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PSFK (blog) |
This Wristband Can Predict Asthma Attacks
PSFK (blog) Wearable devices can do more than monitor how many steps you take a day: an engineering research team at North Carolina State University is working on a smart wristband that could actually help predict asthma attacks. The Health and Environmental … |
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Wearable System Helps Predict Asthma Attacks
HospiMedica (registration) “Right now, people with asthma are asked to use a peak flow meter to measure lung function on a day-to-day basis. That information is used to inform the dosage of prescription drugs used in their inhalers,” said lead author James Dieffenderfer, a PhD … |
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Treehugger |
Smart wristband could predict and prevent asthma attacks
Treehugger The CDC reports that more than 24 million people in the U.S. alone suffer from asthma. Triggers can be allergens, poor air quality, certain types of exercise, among other things. For now, those affected have to rely on prescription inhalers to get them … |
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Nature World News |
New Wearable Device to Predict, Prevent Asthma Attacks
Nature World News "Our goal was to design a wearable system that could track the wellness of the subjects and in particular provide the infrastructure to predict asthma attacks, so that the users could take steps to prevent them by changing their activities or … |
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NDTV |
New Wearable Device Could Predict, Prevent Asthma Attacks
NDTV Asthma patients may soon do away with their inhalers as researchers at North Carolina State University in the US including one of Indian origin, Professor Veena Misra, have developed an integrated, wearable system that monitors a user's environment … |
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Hindustan Times |
New wearable device could predict, prevent asthma attacks
Hindustan Times Asthma patients may soon do away with their inhalers as researchers, including one of Indian origin, have developed an integrated, wearable system that monitors a user's environment, heart rate and other physical attributes with the goal of predicting … |
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Science Daily |
New devices, wearable system aim to predict, prevent asthma attacks
Science Daily This is an early prototype of the wristband used in the Health and Environmental Tracker (HET), an integrated, wearable system that monitors a user's environment, heart rate and other physical attributes with the goal of predicting and preventing … |
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Phys.Org |
New devices, wearable system aim to predict, prevent asthma attacks
Phys.Org Researchers have developed an integrated, wearable system that monitors a user's environment, heart rate and other physical attributes with the goal of predicting and preventing asthma attacks. The researchers plan to begin testing the system on a … |
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Twitter Could Help Predict and Prevent Asthma Flare-Ups
Pharmacy Times New research presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies 2016 Meeting suggests that health departments could use social media to prevent asthma flare-ups by distributing information about triggers to avoid and the importance of taking asthma … |
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Study shows asthma-related Twitter posts can predict rise in hospital visits
Medical Xpress For the study, "The Twitter Asthma Pulse: Using Real-Time Twitter Data to Prospectively Predict Asthma Emergency Department Visits or Hospital Admissions in a Population," researchers collected tweets posted between October 2013 and June 2014 and … |
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