Do you change your supplements every week or just pick the same supplements from your boxes?
I do make changes from time to time. Not every week. I also cycle things.
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A recent research study reveals that AIRE, a new AI-powered model designed to interpret electrocardiograms (ECGs), can precisely detect a person’s risk of heart disease.
Researchers created the model to assist doctors in identifying early heart failure and other heart-related conditions that may not yet show symptoms.
AI Model Tested on 1.6 Million ECGs
According to research published in The Lancet Digital Health, AIRE does more than identify present abnormalities: it interprets ECG readings to predict future risks, a capability that could aid in early intervention and reduce hospitalizations related to heart issues.
An ECG is a test that measures the electrical activity of the heart over time. It helps doctors detect heart problems by recording the heart’s rhythm and irregularities in its electrical signals.
To validate its accuracy, researchers analyzed data from 1.6 million ECGs, which included diverse patients of various ages and health backgrounds.
Test results showed that the AIRE model could predict the risk of death from any cause with an accuracy score of 0.775. This means it was better at predicting risks compared to traditional methods, which had a score of 0.759.
https://www.techopedia.com/news/advanced-ecg-model-uses-ai-to-pinpoint-heart-disease-risk
Related Study:
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(23)00436-4/fulltext?sf183613958=1
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- Crowdfunded product Muse Ring One claims to be able to monitor blood pressure
- The Muse team says it’s analyzed over 4,000 test users to identify the correct way to measure BP
- If true, it’ll have cracked LED-based BP measurement before many smartwatches
Whether it’s fall detection, an ECG, blood oxygen monitoring or running third-party apps, the best smartwatches grow in scope as personal health each year (or, if it’s an Apple Watch, they do the opposite and wind back features due to a patent dispute!).
More Information:
Does Ring One measure Blood Pressure?
Yes, Ring One is the first smart ring to do cuff-less blood pressure measurements. It uses contextual awareness to choose the best time to measure your blood pressure and gives you accurate readings. The two optical PPG sensors work together in perfect sync to get the best signal. The algorithms use your height, weight, age and gender to estimate your blood pressure based on the signal received by the PPG sensors.
Company Website:
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AnUser
#41
One wearable tech company claims to have cracked it. It’s not Apple, Google or Samsung that’s leading the charge, but a company called Muse Wearables in India, which hopes to release the best smart ring for blood pressure monitoring.
So it has done what Apple, Google, or Samsung haven’t.
And what Aktiia hasn’t been able to do (without calibration).
No published papers.
No CE certification.
It is an Indiegogo campaign.
RapAdmin
split this topic
#42
A post was merged into an existing topic: Skylabs Blood Pressure Monitoring Ring
Somnee, the first personalized, smart sleep headband that utilizes noninvasive, closed-loop tACS neuromodulation for higher-quality sleep, today announced that it has been named to Fast Company’s fourth annual Next Big Things in Tech list, honoring emerging technology that has a profound impact for industries.
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Chicago biohub publishes its first research, discovering way to continuously monitor inflammation
The study, co-led by Northwestern University researchers at the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Chicago, was published this week in the peer-reviewed journal Science.
The sensors were implanted in diabetic rats to track changes in certain proteins that can indicate inflammation. While it’s already possible to measure changes in the proteins through periodic blood or urine tests, the sensors could provide a way for doctors and scientists to continuously measure the changes as they occur.
Journal reference:
Zargartalebi, H., et al. (2024) Active-reset protein sensors enable continuous in vivo monitoring of inflammation*.* Science.** doi.org/10.1126/science.adn2600.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adn2600
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Neo
#45
Interesting - anyone know how it compares to Elemind out of MIT: How to get a better night's sleep by hacking your brainwaves (NewScientist) - #27 by Neo
Both seem to have done real clinical trials that show that they work, here is from Somnee, link above and thread have data for Elemind
And vs melatonin (even if that might have other benefits beyond sleep):
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cl-user
#46
I’ve ordered a Somnee. I will report if it works for me.
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Neo
#47
@cl-user Cool. Thx. Did you compare vs Elemind before making the decision?
cl-user
#48
I’ve chosen the Somnee because you don’t keep it during the night. It’s just a 15 min stimulation before sleeping and you remove it for the night.
Also the Elemind study was about sleep onset which is not an issue for me while the Somnee one was sleep onset + sleep quantity. Both studies are underpowered and underwhelming though.
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Neo
#49
Thx for color. I like that Elemind is through sound waves instead of electric signals.
The wear for 15 min vs all night has pros and cons on both sides - especially if the eeg reading works as well as both of the companies claim, being able to respond to state of sleep at point during the night might be quite powerful
Look forward to hearing about your experience.
Hypothetically one could do a Brian Johnson type of more is better approach and each night first use Somnee and the switch over to Elemind.
(I had ordered Elemind way before hearing about Somnee, and it actually just arrived - so hope to start trying it next week or so).
@Joseph_Lavelle think you were optimizing sleep? Have you looked at either?
@adssx - the increased sleep might also help with neuroprotection and against depression
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adssx
#50
Thanks Neo.
Do we have a study comparing the efficacy of Somnee or Elemind to a placebo/sham device?
AnUser
#51
I have had some better sleep hygiene recently or it has been something else, but feels like I’ve slept amazing, feel really energized in the morning. I don’t know what to track part of sleep, I remember in the past that my Oura scores hasn’t really reflected this. I wonder if accuracy is too low or the composite score is not good.
So it’s worthwhile to optimize to feel energized in the morning and early day without stimulants I think and that’s the marker of good sleep. I tried drinking a cup of green tea on top but then I just felt like a mouse on cocaine. Preventing decline of this with age is also super important. I would trade a lot for this, and I suspect this to have benefits on top that aren’t directly experienced… (i.e neuroprotection or depression risk).
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Neo
#52
I think one of the Somnee trials might have been like that - “fixed stimulation”:
They also did one vis a vis melatonin and vs prescription sleep meds so that should also control for some/most of the placebo effect
Elemind was like 6 moths since I looked at so can’t remember their details, but quick skim suggests
“During the Sham week, the headband silently recorded EEG.”
It was a cross over design - so that helps too
But the trials overall are small
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-63385-1
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adssx
#53
You’re right: “Our controlled sleep lab studies were conducted with adult participants, age 30-70. Each participant had at least two sleep sessions, one of which was a sham session (like a placebo – a session where they slept without the stimulation we were evaluating). Sleep activity was recorded using laboratory-grade EEG and EKG systems, and was scored by a certified polysomnography technician, using the same approach as any medical sleep lab. […] Personalization enables faster sleep onset. Data from a sham-controlled real-world study, n=55 participants, 1,800+ nights.”
Still a trial trial. I can’t wait to hear your feedback!
(That’s better than the comparison to metformin because I think the placebo effect is stronger for a big device you put on your head vs a simple pill. And there’s also the meditative effect of taking 15 minutes every day to do nothing before going to bed, whether the device is active or not.)
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Beth
#54
I just posted in a different thread that we are in the market for a new blood pressure monitor
Are any of these new gadgets ready for prime time? (Rings/watches/etc)
If something does more than just blood pressure, that is a bonus
Open to hearing anyone’s top recommendations, please!!
Just in time for CES 2025, Circular has lifted the curtain to reveal the new Circular Ring 2, a completely redesigned smart ring that offers two key features that no other smart ring, including the Oura Ring, can match. These include on-finger ECG readings with FDA-cleared atrial fibrillation (AFib) detection and a potentially revolutionary new digital sizing process.
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