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What's new in health, healthtech and longevity research, read by the team building Soma.
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RingConn's ring gets FDA clearance for blood oxygen
The FDA has cleared a smart ring from RingConn's parent company as a pulse oximeter. What the record shows, what hasn't been published yet, and why a clearance is about one feature, not the whole ring.
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The heart signal hiding in sleep studies
Overnight sleep studies record the heart all night, and the trace is rarely used. A model trained on those recordings from more than 38,000 patients picked out people at higher 10-year risk of atrial fibrillation, heart failure and death.
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What 45 minutes on a bike does to 3,000 proteins
Researchers in Copenhagen measured more than 10,000 proteins in blood, saliva and urine before and after a single workout. About 3,000 changed, most of the plasma response held up in other people, and the data is now open to anyone.
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A glucose average can hide what the pattern shows
A study of 90,757 people wearing glucose monitors found that the shape of glucose over the day, not just its level, set prediabetes and diabetes apart and flagged risk that a standard target missed.
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Cell recycling doesn't simply slow down with age
A study in Aging Cell measured autophagy directly in human cells from people aged 23 to 80. It didn't decline across the board, and in people over 70, more of it went with weaker physical function.
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Abu Dhabi and Ultrahuman will build a biological health age model
The Abu Dhabi Public Health Centre has signed a two-year agreement with Ultrahuman to develop and validate a health age model that mixes clinical biomarkers with wearable data. What's known, what isn't yet, and how it compares with our approach.
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Fitbit Edge brings blood pressure trends to a $180 band
Google's new tracker puts blood pressure and insulin resistance trends on a slim band with a screen. What it measures, what Google says those trends are not, and where a weekly reading fits.
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High blood pressure in hospital often doesn't go away
A small study from Basel followed patients whose blood pressure read high on the ward without symptoms. Four weeks after they went home, most still had hypertension, and how the pressure was measured made the difference.
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Sauna researchers want harder evidence
A small group of scientists met in Oslo in September to give heat therapy shared standards and, eventually, large trials. What the evidence says so far, and what it doesn't.
