Health and wellbeing
Medical record necklace Khushi Baby wins UNICEF's Wearables for Good challenge
The NFC device was the joint winner alongside wearable soap project SoaPenAn NFC necklace that stores children's immunisation records and...
Withings boss: The secret of new health tracking devices is in the data
The health tech company is about to release a slew of devices. It means businessWithings has had a quiet 2015...
Wearing a Mio Fuse could help Parkinson's patients reduce their symptoms
Mio has teamed up with Philips and digital health company BeneufitMio - the makers of wearables such as the Fuse...
The Quantified Woman: Fertility tracking and the future of our reproductive health
Taking control of fertility in the age of connected techOver the past few years, tracking our health, fitness and wellbeing...
Health o meter's NuYu Sleep System is on sale now
Use this temperature controlled mattress pad to get a good night's sleep Earlier this year, Health o meter announced an...
Crunching the calories: What I learned from two weeks with MyFitnessPal
What I found out about food tracking, wearable tech and my own motivation Often considered to be the be-all-and-end-all of...
The $38 wearable that could save the lives of millions of newborn babies a year
WAAA! is one of the finalists competing in UNICEF's Wearables for Good challengeSeventeen new Sustainable Development Goals were projected onto...
The Looncup tracks your periods and keeps everything down there tickety-boo
If the word menstruation makes you squeamish, this isn't for youPeriods. You should really let them take over your life...
Your doctor could soon be treating your virtual twin as a digital patient
UCL's Vanessa Diaz explains why medical avatars are the way forwardWearable health sensors already allow doctors to remotely monitor our...
74% of people in the UK would share wearable tech data with their GP
KPMG survey shows that people trust NHS with their data but not private health firmsThe UK's National Health Service plans...
The great calorie con: The truth about nutrition tracking and wearable tech
If you're keeping tabs on your calorie count with a wearable device then take heedThe popularity of paleo-style diets that...
Nuyu wellness system connects you with all of your daily activities
Track it all with this step counter, scale, and sleep monitorHealth o Meter has announced a wellness system, Nuyu, that...
Withings adds Spotify to revamped sleep monitoring Aura range
IFA 2015: Spotify Connect on board for new Aura Connected Alarm ClockWithings, not to be outdone by Samsung and its...
Quantified babies: Is wearable tech for your newborn really safe?
We ask an expert whether strapping wearables to babies makes senseUntil now the focus of wearables for children has been...
Google on board for next-gen glucose monitoring for diabetics
Life sciences teams up with DexCom for smaller and less expensive devicesGoogle, Alphabet, whatever the company that Larry and Sergey...
The First Response Monitor wants to save lives on the battlefield
Heart and respiratory rate data are a crucial combo in treating trauma patientsThe Cambridge Design Partnership has created a clip-on...
Your medical records belong to you, and it's time to start sharing them
How Apple, Google and Facebook can revolutionise how we think about our data"When you go to your GP, the doctor...
Stress-free or stressful: Will tracking our stress levels really make us more calm?
The science behind the latest stress busting wearable tech devicesWearable tech built to count steps, track workouts and hit more...
How Google will make billions from your blood pressure
How tech companies can turn your health into cashData is money. Alone, yours is virtually worthless, but pool all those...
Altruis smart jewellery review
Need rescuing from alert anxiety? Altruis doesn’t pretend to be anything it’s not - it’s a lovely looking smart jewellery...