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"content": "\u003cp>Blake Atkins receives regular messages from his mom when he's at school. But unlike most teenagers, he doesn't seem to mind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's because Atkins, 15, who lives in San Carlos, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes four years ago. His mom, Lori, sends him a text whenever his blood sugar levels are out of the normal range.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I do like that my mom can look at my numbers,\" Atkins says. \"It keeps me sane. It helps keep her sane.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While enlisting caregivers might seem like a logical way to manage diabetes, it's only recently that such tools have been available. Health experts say sophisticated devices to monitor blood sugar have been around for years, but it's been a challenge to share health data securely with a smartphone -- and from there, add it to a patient's medical record.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Families of children living with diabetes have been seeking these kinds of tools for years,\" says Michael Chae, Bay Area regional director for the American Diabetes Association, \"and there have been people working on these solutions for some time.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Chae hopes sharing glucose data via mobile technology will make a big difference for the \u003ca href=\"http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/statistics/\" target=\"_blank\">approximately 1.25 million patients in the U.S.\u003c/a> with Type 1 diabetes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_68474\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-68474\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/graphic.jpg\" alt=\"How data flows from Blake's continuous glucose monitor to his mobile phone, and from there, to his caregivers.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/graphic.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/graphic-400x200.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/graphic-800x400.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/graphic-1180x590.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/graphic-960x480.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">How data flows from Blake's continuous glucose monitor to his mobile phone, and from there, to his caregivers. \u003ccite>(David Pierce )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'It Has Made My Life a Lot Easier'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For years, Lori Atkins had little insight into her son's health when he left for school. But she did the best she could in the evenings and on weekends to record Blake's blood sugar levels and his diet in a notebook.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'I do like that my mom can look at my numbers. It keeps me sane. It helps keep her sane.'\u003cbr>\n\u003ccite>Blake Atkins, 15, a patient with diabetes \u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>But several months ago, her son's doctor Dr. Rajiv Kumar, an endocrinologist at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, suggested the family enroll in a new pilot program that turns the iPhone into a sophisticated tool for home health monitoring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pilot is one of the first to take advantage of a new service from Apple, called \u003ca href=\"https://developer.apple.com/healthkit/\" target=\"_blank\">HealthKit\u003c/a>, which helps people view their health information in one place. Apple launched HealthKit in 2014 and is attracting the interest\u003ca href=\"http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/05/us-apple-hospitals-exclusive-idUSKBN0L90G920150205\" target=\"_blank\"> \u003c/a>of\u003ca href=\"http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/05/us-apple-hospitals-exclusive-idUSKBN0L90G920150205\" target=\"_blank\"> top hospitals\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Blake's doctor, it offers new opportunities to monitor his patients from home -- and potentially cut costs by decreasing the number of in-person consultations. Kumar says he can now see his patients' glucose levels with a three-hour time delay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Last time he [Blake] was sick, I wrote Dr. Kumar an email with all this data I'd manually collected and waited for a response,\" she says. But now, Kumar can check in on a patients' blood sugar levels at any time and assess whether there's a serious problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kumar says he doesn't have time to monitor a continuous stream of Blake's data. Instead, he receives a report every two weeks from the hospital with all of his patients' analyses and trends. The report clearly shows which patients consistently have the lowest blood sugar overnight, for instance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It has made my life a lot easier and I worry less,\" says Kumar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How Does It Work?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_68591\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-68591\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/glucose-800x598.jpg\" alt=\"High glucose readings on a glucose meter. \" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/glucose-800x598.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/glucose-400x299.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/glucose-1180x881.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/glucose-1920x1434.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/glucose-960x717.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">High glucose readings on a glucose meter. \u003ccite>(Mike Mozart/Flickr)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>How does data travel from Blake's glucose monitor to his mother and his doctor? The system is complex, but it typically works like this: He tracks his glucose levels using a Bluetooth-connected continuous glucose monitor or CGM, which was developed by a company called \u003ca href=\"http://www.dexcom.com/\">Dexcom\u003c/a>. The CGM measures glucose through a glucose sensor that is inserted under the skin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With Blake's permission, the data then travel to his smartphone via Apple's HealthKit. From there, Blake's health information is sent to his medical record through an app that his doctor uses from \u003ca href=\"http://www.epic.com/\">Epic Systems\u003c/a>. Apple is currently partnered with Epic and half a dozen other electronic health record companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blake's doctor can subsequently send him a secure message through Epic's app, which is called MyChart. His mother Lori can access the data in real-time as the designated caregiver.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I usually check in on Blake's glucose levels every lunchtime when he's at school,\" says Lori Atkins. \"He doesn't usually know or care, as it's all through the mobile phone.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Barriers to Adoption?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Doctors tell me these types of mobile monitoring programs can improve the outcome for patients and cut costs. They're particularly effective for patients with Type 1 diabetes, who often rely on educated guesswork to determine how much insulin they need.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Type 1 diabetes is a low-hanging fruit, from the perspective of the major health systems,\" says Suneil Koliwad, a researcher and endocrinologist at UCSF, who specializes in treating patients with diabetes.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'Such systems have tremendous potential to help doctors spot potential dangers that could become big problems.'\u003cbr>\n\u003ccite>Suneil Koliwad, Researcher and Clinician at UCSF \u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>The major challenge for patients and their doctors is to determine how much insulin to give and how to give it. A great \"first step,\" Koliwad says, is to analyze a patient's blood sugar levels over time. Eventually, health systems can use months and months of data to make a prediction about what will happen next.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Using technology, you can overcome the crux of the problem,\" he says. \"Mobile tools have tremendous potential to help doctors spot potential dangers that could become big problems.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But most doctors do not have time to pore over numbers in Excel spreadsheets. So Koliwad says hospitals either need to invest in tools to present this data clearly to doctors, or hire teams of people to monitor the data streams and be responsive to patients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once doctors are on board, health systems will need to convince the patients. And that might be a major challenge.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"From talking to other parents I know that every teen's journey is different,\" says Lori Atkins. \"Some kids get this burnout where they don't want to test themselves or take their insulin. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Chae hopes sharing glucose data via mobile technology will make a big difference for the \u003ca href=\"http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/statistics/\" target=\"_blank\">approximately 1.25 million patients in the U.S.\u003c/a> with Type 1 diabetes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_68474\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1920px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-68474\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/graphic.jpg\" alt=\"How data flows from Blake's continuous glucose monitor to his mobile phone, and from there, to his caregivers.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/graphic.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/graphic-400x200.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/graphic-800x400.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/graphic-1180x590.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/graphic-960x480.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">How data flows from Blake's continuous glucose monitor to his mobile phone, and from there, to his caregivers. \u003ccite>(David Pierce )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'It Has Made My Life a Lot Easier'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For years, Lori Atkins had little insight into her son's health when he left for school. But she did the best she could in the evenings and on weekends to record Blake's blood sugar levels and his diet in a notebook.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'I do like that my mom can look at my numbers. It keeps me sane. It helps keep her sane.'\u003cbr>\n\u003ccite>Blake Atkins, 15, a patient with diabetes \u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>But several months ago, her son's doctor Dr. Rajiv Kumar, an endocrinologist at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, suggested the family enroll in a new pilot program that turns the iPhone into a sophisticated tool for home health monitoring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pilot is one of the first to take advantage of a new service from Apple, called \u003ca href=\"https://developer.apple.com/healthkit/\" target=\"_blank\">HealthKit\u003c/a>, which helps people view their health information in one place. Apple launched HealthKit in 2014 and is attracting the interest\u003ca href=\"http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/05/us-apple-hospitals-exclusive-idUSKBN0L90G920150205\" target=\"_blank\"> \u003c/a>of\u003ca href=\"http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/05/us-apple-hospitals-exclusive-idUSKBN0L90G920150205\" target=\"_blank\"> top hospitals\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Blake's doctor, it offers new opportunities to monitor his patients from home -- and potentially cut costs by decreasing the number of in-person consultations. Kumar says he can now see his patients' glucose levels with a three-hour time delay.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Last time he [Blake] was sick, I wrote Dr. Kumar an email with all this data I'd manually collected and waited for a response,\" she says. But now, Kumar can check in on a patients' blood sugar levels at any time and assess whether there's a serious problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kumar says he doesn't have time to monitor a continuous stream of Blake's data. Instead, he receives a report every two weeks from the hospital with all of his patients' analyses and trends. The report clearly shows which patients consistently have the lowest blood sugar overnight, for instance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It has made my life a lot easier and I worry less,\" says Kumar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How Does It Work?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_68591\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-68591\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/glucose-800x598.jpg\" alt=\"High glucose readings on a glucose meter. \" width=\"800\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/glucose-800x598.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/glucose-400x299.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/glucose-1180x881.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/glucose-1920x1434.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/glucose-960x717.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">High glucose readings on a glucose meter. \u003ccite>(Mike Mozart/Flickr)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>How does data travel from Blake's glucose monitor to his mother and his doctor? The system is complex, but it typically works like this: He tracks his glucose levels using a Bluetooth-connected continuous glucose monitor or CGM, which was developed by a company called \u003ca href=\"http://www.dexcom.com/\">Dexcom\u003c/a>. The CGM measures glucose through a glucose sensor that is inserted under the skin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With Blake's permission, the data then travel to his smartphone via Apple's HealthKit. From there, Blake's health information is sent to his medical record through an app that his doctor uses from \u003ca href=\"http://www.epic.com/\">Epic Systems\u003c/a>. Apple is currently partnered with Epic and half a dozen other electronic health record companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Blake's doctor can subsequently send him a secure message through Epic's app, which is called MyChart. His mother Lori can access the data in real-time as the designated caregiver.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I usually check in on Blake's glucose levels every lunchtime when he's at school,\" says Lori Atkins. \"He doesn't usually know or care, as it's all through the mobile phone.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Barriers to Adoption?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Doctors tell me these types of mobile monitoring programs can improve the outcome for patients and cut costs. 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"content": "\u003cp>James Metcalf is \u003ca href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/bloodpressure/facts.htm\">one of about 70 million Americans \u003c/a>who lives with high blood pressure, otherwise known as hypertension.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But six months ago, Metcalf started using a mobile app called \u003ca href=\"https://helloheartapp.com/\">Hello Heart \u003c/a>to monitor his blood pressure and remind him to take his meds. Six months after he started using the app, his blood pressure stabilized.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I needed something that reminded me everyday to track my blood pressure and give me immediate feedback,\" says Metcalf, who lives in Missouri. \"The difference in how I feel now is night and day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The press has fixated on the apps and services that serve the healthiest segment of the population. But a new study has found that the most prevalent application of digital health technology is towards a humbler and more necessary goal: To help sick people live healthier lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco-based venture fund \u003ca href=\"https://rockhealth.com/\">Rock Health\u003c/a> recently published its first \u003ca href=\"https://rockhealth.com/reports/digital-health-consumer-adoption-2015/\">survey on trends in digital health\u003c/a> based on responses from 4,000 American adults. One of the most striking results is that the so-called \"super adopters\" of digital health technology tend to be “younger, sicker, and significantly more likely to own a smartphone.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Adoption of digital health services skews towards sick people,\" says Malay Gandhi, managing director at Rock Health. \"If you use technology for other things in your life, why wouldn’t you also turn to technology for your health?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Myth of the 'Worried Well'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Digital health is one of the\u003ca href=\"https://rockhealth.com/reports/digital-health-2015-midyear/\"> fastest-growing\u003c/a> areas of technology, with new products and services increasingly serving as a means for people to engage with their health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_66370\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-66370\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/Unknown-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"James Metcalf uses mobile health apps to help keep his blood pressure under control. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/Unknown-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/Unknown-400x300.jpeg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/Unknown-1180x885.jpeg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/Unknown-960x720.jpeg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/Unknown.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Metcalf uses mobile health apps to help keep his blood pressure under control. \u003ccite>(Hello Heart )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Beyond gathering information, more and more people are using mobile devices to track everything from sleeping habits to menstrual cycles. Want a quick at-home workout? There’s an app for that. Want to monitor your baby’s vitals? \u003ca href=\"http://www.fastcodesign.com/3017180/the-owlet-baby-monitor-wearable-tech-for-infants\">There’s a sock for that. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Certainly, there are digital health products out there that cater to those who are already at peak health and fitness. But doctors and digital health entrepreneurs say that this is not the norm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People who have multiple chronic conditions, who may be from places that are medically under-served, feel helpless and don’t know where to turn -- so they turn to the internet and mobile apps,\" said Dr. Connie Chen, the cofounder and Chief Medical Officer at \u003ca href=\"http://www.vida.com\">Vida\u003c/a>, a mobile app for personal health coaching.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_66371\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 312px\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-66371\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/Unknown-3-337x600.jpeg\" alt=\"An app called Hello Heart is used by 40,000 people to manage heart disease. \" width=\"312\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/Unknown-3-337x600.jpeg 337w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/Unknown-3.jpeg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An app called Hello Heart is used by 40,000 people to manage heart disease. \u003ccite>(Hello Heart )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Helping the Chronically Ill \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The majority of people who use the Vida app are struggling with a chronic condition, like diabetes and high blood pressure, Chen explained. The goal of the app is to help people change their behavior and maintain healthy habits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Omaha, Nebraska-based JC Hammond, health apps have transformed the way she manages her severe asthma. Despite having asthma her whole life, or perhaps because of it, she often struggled to remember whether or not she had taken her medication.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People think if you can’t breathe, you will remember to take your medicine,\" Hammond said. \"But if remembering to take your medicine becomes routine, you do it mindlessly or you don’t remember.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hammond is currently using six different health apps, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.mangohealth.com/\">Mango Health\u003c/a>, which helps her take her medication on time, and a Walgreens app to manage her prescriptions. These digital health products have also enabled her to gain more insight into her disease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These apps help me identify patterns,” Hammond said. “I knew what triggered my asthma, but until recently, I had not really thought about what kinds of things in my daily routine could predispose me to having an attack or make it harder to manage my asthma.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'People who have multiple chronic conditions, who may be from places that are medically under-served, feel helpless and don’t know where to turn -- so they turn to the internet and mobile apps.'\u003cbr>\n\u003ccite>Connie Chen, Chief Medical Officer at Vida \u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Bill McCain, who is based in New York, has diabetes and uses a Dexcom continuous glucose monitoring system, which attaches via a patch and reads the glucose value of the fluid just under the skin. It sends the value to his phone every three minutes. His wife also has the app on her phone, so she can check McCain’s blood sugar and receive notifications if it gets outside of specific ranges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Most people with diabetes check their blood sugar values 4 to 8 times per day,” McCain said. “I get 480 readings per day that aren't just a freeze-frame in time, but can show me whether my sugar levels are rising or falling and the slope of the change.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gaining Legitimacy\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, \u003ca href=\"http://medcitynews.com/2015/03/omada/\">the CDC acknowledged for the first time the benefits of\u003c/a> three digital health apps that aim to support healthy eating habits and counter the onset of Type 2 diabetes. It recognized three mobile health technologies -- \u003ca href=\"https://omadahealth.com/\">Omada Health\u003c/a>,\u003ca href=\"https://www.noom.com/\"> Noom Health\u003c/a>, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.dpshealth.com/\">DPS Health\u003c/a> -- that meet the \u003ca href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/prevention/pdf/dprp_standards_09-02-2011.pdf\">National Diabetes Prevention Program’s evidence-based standards\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This was a major step for digital health technology, especially for the apps that address chronic conditions. It paves the way for a not-so-distant future where doctors could prescribe apps to their patients, along with more traditional treatments. That might boost adherence, but also give doctors access to a greater collection of patient data.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Adoption of digital health services skews towards sick people,\" says Malay Gandhi, managing director at Rock Health. \"If you use technology for other things in your life, why wouldn’t you also turn to technology for your health?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Myth of the 'Worried Well'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Digital health is one of the\u003ca href=\"https://rockhealth.com/reports/digital-health-2015-midyear/\"> fastest-growing\u003c/a> areas of technology, with new products and services increasingly serving as a means for people to engage with their health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_66370\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-66370\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/Unknown-800x600.jpeg\" alt=\"James Metcalf uses mobile health apps to help keep his blood pressure under control. \" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/Unknown-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/Unknown-400x300.jpeg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/Unknown-1180x885.jpeg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/Unknown-960x720.jpeg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/Unknown.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">James Metcalf uses mobile health apps to help keep his blood pressure under control. \u003ccite>(Hello Heart )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Beyond gathering information, more and more people are using mobile devices to track everything from sleeping habits to menstrual cycles. Want a quick at-home workout? There’s an app for that. Want to monitor your baby’s vitals? \u003ca href=\"http://www.fastcodesign.com/3017180/the-owlet-baby-monitor-wearable-tech-for-infants\">There’s a sock for that. \u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Certainly, there are digital health products out there that cater to those who are already at peak health and fitness. But doctors and digital health entrepreneurs say that this is not the norm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People who have multiple chronic conditions, who may be from places that are medically under-served, feel helpless and don’t know where to turn -- so they turn to the internet and mobile apps,\" said Dr. Connie Chen, the cofounder and Chief Medical Officer at \u003ca href=\"http://www.vida.com\">Vida\u003c/a>, a mobile app for personal health coaching.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_66371\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 312px\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-66371\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/Unknown-3-337x600.jpeg\" alt=\"An app called Hello Heart is used by 40,000 people to manage heart disease. \" width=\"312\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/Unknown-3-337x600.jpeg 337w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/Unknown-3.jpeg 375w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An app called Hello Heart is used by 40,000 people to manage heart disease. \u003ccite>(Hello Heart )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Helping the Chronically Ill \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The majority of people who use the Vida app are struggling with a chronic condition, like diabetes and high blood pressure, Chen explained. The goal of the app is to help people change their behavior and maintain healthy habits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Omaha, Nebraska-based JC Hammond, health apps have transformed the way she manages her severe asthma. Despite having asthma her whole life, or perhaps because of it, she often struggled to remember whether or not she had taken her medication.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“People think if you can’t breathe, you will remember to take your medicine,\" Hammond said. \"But if remembering to take your medicine becomes routine, you do it mindlessly or you don’t remember.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hammond is currently using six different health apps, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.mangohealth.com/\">Mango Health\u003c/a>, which helps her take her medication on time, and a Walgreens app to manage her prescriptions. These digital health products have also enabled her to gain more insight into her disease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These apps help me identify patterns,” Hammond said. “I knew what triggered my asthma, but until recently, I had not really thought about what kinds of things in my daily routine could predispose me to having an attack or make it harder to manage my asthma.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">'People who have multiple chronic conditions, who may be from places that are medically under-served, feel helpless and don’t know where to turn -- so they turn to the internet and mobile apps.'\u003cbr>\n\u003ccite>Connie Chen, Chief Medical Officer at Vida \u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Bill McCain, who is based in New York, has diabetes and uses a Dexcom continuous glucose monitoring system, which attaches via a patch and reads the glucose value of the fluid just under the skin. It sends the value to his phone every three minutes. His wife also has the app on her phone, so she can check McCain’s blood sugar and receive notifications if it gets outside of specific ranges.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Most people with diabetes check their blood sugar values 4 to 8 times per day,” McCain said. “I get 480 readings per day that aren't just a freeze-frame in time, but can show me whether my sugar levels are rising or falling and the slope of the change.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Gaining Legitimacy\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this year, \u003ca href=\"http://medcitynews.com/2015/03/omada/\">the CDC acknowledged for the first time the benefits of\u003c/a> three digital health apps that aim to support healthy eating habits and counter the onset of Type 2 diabetes. 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"content": "\u003cp>When Elisabeth Handler, 71, of San Jose decided to commit to losing weight, she started using an activity tracker from Fitbit. Handler wears the tracker on her wrist to monitor her daily step count.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We rarely hear stories in the press about people who use wearable technology that aren't young, fit and generally healthy. But Handler is far from alone in finding value in apps and activity trackers later in life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>New research is finding that seniors are monitoring their health using wearable trackers at similar rates as their younger counterparts. A recent \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003ca href=\"http://rockhealth.com/reports/digital-health-consumer-adoption-2015/\">survey\u003c/a> of \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">4,017 Americans, conducted by \u003ca href=\"https://rockhealth.com/\">Rock Health\u003c/a>, found that demographic variables, like age and income, had no statistically significant effect on adoption of digital health. In other words, seniors are just as likely to use a Fitbit or Jawbone device as a millennial.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_62089\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 302px\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-62089\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/elisabeth-588x600.jpg\" alt=\"Elisabeth Handler sports her Fitbit Flex at this year's Pinot Noir harvest in the Santa Cruz mountains. \" width=\"302\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/elisabeth-588x600.jpg 588w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/elisabeth-400x409.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/elisabeth-1155x1180.jpg 1155w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/elisabeth-1180x1205.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/elisabeth-960x980.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/elisabeth-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/elisabeth-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/elisabeth-75x75.jpg 75w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/11/elisabeth.jpg 1363w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elisabeth Handler sports her Fitbit Flex at this year's Pinot Noir harvest in the Santa Cruz mountains. \u003ccite>(Elisabeth Handler)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\"We were surprised, but pleased, that age wasn't a significant factor in determining adoption, because it implies that digital health technologies are reaching the senior population,” said Rock Health's Teresa Wang, one of the researchers behind the survey.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How Can Seniors Benefit From Wearable Tech? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I spoke with several retired people over the age of 65, who said they had more time to tackle the health challenges they have been putting off for a lifetime. And wearable health trackers provided the data they needed to meet their goals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When I was working, I always said I wanted to exercise,” said Janice Chow, a 66-year-old resident of Castro Valley who uses a Jawbone Up24 tracker. “Now that I’m retired, I have time to exercise twice a day.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Chow resumed regular exercise with activities she loved: Walking and hiking. She describes herself as \"technologically challenged,\" but when she received a wearable fitness tracker as a gift, she found it integrated easily into her workouts. It could tell her how many steps she had taken and how far she had hiked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her Jawbone device (and the several Fitbits she had previously lost) began inspiring her to do more. At its suggestion, she has integrated more dynamic activity into her workout regime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I take aerobics because the Jawbone would tell me, ‘Try to get your heart rate up,’” Chow said. “I’m trying to tone my muscles and be healthier. It motivates me to do more.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>'Awareness Around My Physical Life'\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Handler has been relying on technology to manage her health for years now. When she needed a new hip 11 years ago, she turned to the Internet to find a surgeon. Today, she uses an online portal to access her health records, make appointments and email doctors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But her most enthusiastically-adopted piece of technology will always be her health tracker.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Handler said her health habits began to evolve when she retired from a traditional career in favor of working from home as a consultant. She signed up for a 30-week health program through Kaiser in 2013, during which she abided by a rigorous supervised diet and bought a treadmill desk. She quickly became frustrated with tracking her workouts on paper.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She had used pedometers in the past, but never felt like they were accurate enough. This time, she bought a Fitbit Flex, a thin wristband that can track factors like steps, calories burned and sleep patterns. She monitors the data it collects in an app called MyFitnessPal, which can also log her food consumption.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">“It [my activity tracker] gave me a really tangible, un-fudgeable, un-manipulatable way of being honest about what I’m doing.\"\u003cbr>\n\u003ccite>Elisabeth Handler\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Handler eventually lost 50 pounds. She’s found it isn’t hard to keep active during the day if she keeps her exercise simple. During our interview, Handler admitted she was currently walking at a very slow speed on the treadmill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For me, the tracker was a very easy entry-point into kind of a whole ecosystem of awareness around my physical life,” Handler said. “It gave me a really tangible, un-fudgeable, un-manipulatable way of being honest about what I’m doing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cb>Tracking Sleep\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Handler and Chow said their wearables helped them improve their sleep. In Chow’s case, the reports she received on her sleeping patterns helped her improve her quality of sleep. When Handler paired her step counts with overnight reports, she realized more activity led to better sleep.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If I have a high number of steps on Tuesday, Tuesday night I sleep better,” Handler said. “It’s a clear correlation. That to me was an enormous ‘aha.’”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next step is, of course, to track more. Handler is eyeing an upgrade that would allow her to monitor her heart rate. Chow would like to start logging her water consumption--something the Jawbone app keeps bugging her to do. But she’s not quite sure how to do it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“My daughter says she’ll help me figure that out,”she said. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>Ann Crady Weiss had always considered herself a relaxed person. But as soon she had her first child, everything changed. She found she was not a relaxed mother; she was an anxious wreck. She was determined to breast feed, but was constantly worried her daughter wasn’t eating enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No one tells you before you have a baby, but you actually can’t tell how much is coming out,” Weiss recalls of breastfeeding, “You have no idea whether they’re getting enough.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her pediatrician counseled her to supplement with formula if she was worried, and Weiss bought a scale to weigh her baby at home. But she didn’t want to feed her daughter formula, the scale was bulky and clinical, and she wasn’t able to put her mind at ease.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_59179\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 422px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/4M0A1086_2.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-59179\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/4M0A1086_2-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The Smart Pad changing table allows parents to track weight, diaper contents, and other metrics.\" width=\"422\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/4M0A1086_2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/4M0A1086_2-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/4M0A1086_2-1180x787.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/4M0A1086_2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/4M0A1086_2-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Smart Changing Pad allows parents to track weight, diaper contents, and other metrics. \u003ccite>(Hatch Baby)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Despite her worries, Weiss’s daughter had a healthy infancy. When her son was born ten years later in 2012, Weiss didn’t want to go through the same anxiety. She noticed health trackers and other “smart” hardware products, like Fitbit and smart watches, had taken off, so she went shopping for a device to track her baby’s health and ease her growth anxieties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It felt like a product that must exist,” she says. But it didn’t—and that’s when Hatch Baby was born.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Weiss and her husband, David Weiss, co-founded Hatch Baby to create smart devices for parents. They just launched their first product: the “Smart Changing Pad” a Wi-Fi enabled changing pad with a built-in scale and an accompanying smartphone app.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parents can track their baby’s every dirty diaper, feeding, and weigh-in, see how their baby’s growth compares to World Health Organization averages, and share the infant’s profile with up to three caregivers. Weiss says she hopes this information will provide new parents assurance that their baby is healthy. But is this much data healthy for the parents?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Millennial Parents, Quantified Babies\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Margery Lackman, a pediatrician who’s been practicing in the Bay Area for over twenty-five years, says she was skeptical when she first heard about the Smart Changing Pad. “I thought, ah, another thing for parents to worry about,” she says. “But on the other hand, it is an objective way to tell what’s going on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'Human beings were designed to learn about each other by reading behavioral cues, not by counting calories or grams.'\u003ccite>Dr. Mary Beth Steinfeld, UC Davis\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Lackman says the Pad and the accompanying health-tracking app could be useful for her office to track babies they’re worried about. But for the everyday baby who’s not having any problems, she thinks the gadget will be mostly a “fun toy” for parents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Lackman’s own daughter was born, her experience was the opposite of Weiss’s. Lackman wasn’t worried about her daughter’s feeding, but at her daughter’s one-month check-up her pediatrician found the baby wasn’t gaining weight properly; Lackman’s milk supply was insufficient.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Lackman doesn’t think having a Smart Changing Pad or home scale would have made a big difference for her baby’s health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I probably would have been in to the doctor earlier,” she says, but the difference wouldn’t have been more than a week because newborns already have check-ups bi-weekly. “I’m not sure the outcome would have been much different,” Lackman says. She started supplementing breastfeeding with formula, and her daughter gained weight normally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_59183\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 346px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/4M0A3979_2-e1446071283377.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-59183\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/4M0A3979_2-e1446071283377-612x600.jpg\" alt=\"With the Hatch Baby app, moms can get updates on how topics such as much their child ate.\" width=\"346\" height=\"339\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/4M0A3979_2-e1446071283377-612x600.jpg 612w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/4M0A3979_2-e1446071283377-400x392.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/4M0A3979_2-e1446071283377-1180x1156.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/4M0A3979_2-e1446071283377-1920x1881.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/4M0A3979_2-e1446071283377-960x940.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/4M0A3979_2-e1446071283377-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/4M0A3979_2-e1446071283377-64x64.jpg 64w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">With the Hatch Baby app, moms can get updates on how topics such as much their child ate. \u003ccite>(Hatch Baby)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Smart Pad’s usefulness as a parenting tool probably depends on your parenting style, Lackman says. “I think some people want to know about every pee and every poop, and others really don’t.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Mary Beth Steinfeld, a clinical professor of developmental and behavioral pediatrics at UC Davis, and assistant director of an infant mental health-training program for medical professionals, isn’t sure the constant streams of data would be so harmless for all parents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If your baby’s doing well then it would be reassuring,” she says, “but if your baby’s not doing well, it could become a preoccupation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Steinfeld runs a feeding clinic to help new parents whose babies aren’t eating and gaining enough weight, and has seen this preoccupation first hand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"H6rWX0ugg6QX0tEi0uQcPWapJQupTI3D\"]“There are children who are not gaining weight well, and those parents are very impacted by that information,” even without data-tracking devices, she says. Many of them weigh their children before and after feeding—not at Steinfeld’s recommendation but to calm their own nerves—and she sees how the baby’s weight is front and center in these parent’s minds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It can lead to real preoccupation of the mother, and if the mother’s preoccupied she’s not in the moment with you,” Steinfeld says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A device like the Smart Pad that amplifies a parent’s preoccupation with their baby’s weight, if the baby’s not thriving, “has the potential to interfere with normal development of the relationship [between parent and child],” Steinfeld says. “I don’t know if it will be good or bad, it’s just an unknown.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Steinfeld’s clinic, instead of focusing on weight-tracking, she focuses on teaching parents to read baby hunger and satiety cues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is important what’s going on between infants and parents,” she says. “Those first months help them learn about each other, and human beings were designed to learn about each other by reading behavioral cues, not by counting calories or grams.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_59188\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 293px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/ann_weisss.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-59188\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/ann_weisss-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Ann Weiss says the Smart Changing Pad addresses anxiety parents have about their infant's growth.\" width=\"293\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/ann_weisss-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/ann_weisss-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/ann_weisss-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/ann_weisss.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ann Weiss says the Smart Changing Pad addresses anxiety parents have about their infant's growth. \u003ccite>(Hatch Baby)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Weiss says she realizes that data from the Smart Changing Pad can’t replace this intuitive relationship. “There’s no question that’s important,” she says. “We don’t think it’s an ‘either/or’ thing, we think it’s an ‘and’ thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Steinfeld says she prefers to wait until she can review data on the device’s impact on parent-infant relationships and parent mental health before recommending it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Baby Present: A Scale or a Book?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whatever effect products like the Smart Changing Pad will have on modern parenting, the demand for them—and the potential for profit—is there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Parents of this generation are interested in data,” Weiss says. 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But is this much data healthy for the parents?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Millennial Parents, Quantified Babies\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Margery Lackman, a pediatrician who’s been practicing in the Bay Area for over twenty-five years, says she was skeptical when she first heard about the Smart Changing Pad. “I thought, ah, another thing for parents to worry about,” she says. “But on the other hand, it is an objective way to tell what’s going on.”\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'Human beings were designed to learn about each other by reading behavioral cues, not by counting calories or grams.'\u003ccite>Dr. Mary Beth Steinfeld, UC Davis\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Lackman says the Pad and the accompanying health-tracking app could be useful for her office to track babies they’re worried about. But for the everyday baby who’s not having any problems, she thinks the gadget will be mostly a “fun toy” for parents.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When Lackman’s own daughter was born, her experience was the opposite of Weiss’s. Lackman wasn’t worried about her daughter’s feeding, but at her daughter’s one-month check-up her pediatrician found the baby wasn’t gaining weight properly; Lackman’s milk supply was insufficient.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Lackman doesn’t think having a Smart Changing Pad or home scale would have made a big difference for her baby’s health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I probably would have been in to the doctor earlier,” she says, but the difference wouldn’t have been more than a week because newborns already have check-ups bi-weekly. “I’m not sure the outcome would have been much different,” Lackman says. 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Many of them weigh their children before and after feeding—not at Steinfeld’s recommendation but to calm their own nerves—and she sees how the baby’s weight is front and center in these parent’s minds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It can lead to real preoccupation of the mother, and if the mother’s preoccupied she’s not in the moment with you,” Steinfeld says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A device like the Smart Pad that amplifies a parent’s preoccupation with their baby’s weight, if the baby’s not thriving, “has the potential to interfere with normal development of the relationship [between parent and child],” Steinfeld says. “I don’t know if it will be good or bad, it’s just an unknown.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Steinfeld’s clinic, instead of focusing on weight-tracking, she focuses on teaching parents to read baby hunger and satiety cues.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is important what’s going on between infants and parents,” she says. “Those first months help them learn about each other, and human beings were designed to learn about each other by reading behavioral cues, not by counting calories or grams.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_59188\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 293px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/ann_weisss.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-59188\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/ann_weisss-800x534.jpg\" alt=\"Ann Weiss says the Smart Changing Pad addresses anxiety parents have about their infant's growth.\" width=\"293\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/ann_weisss-800x534.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/ann_weisss-400x267.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/ann_weisss-960x640.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/ann_weisss.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ann Weiss says the Smart Changing Pad addresses anxiety parents have about their infant's growth. \u003ccite>(Hatch Baby)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Weiss says she realizes that data from the Smart Changing Pad can’t replace this intuitive relationship. “There’s no question that’s important,” she says. “We don’t think it’s an ‘either/or’ thing, we think it’s an ‘and’ thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Steinfeld says she prefers to wait until she can review data on the device’s impact on parent-infant relationships and parent mental health before recommending it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Best Baby Present: A Scale or a Book?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Whatever effect products like the Smart Changing Pad will have on modern parenting, the demand for them—and the potential for profit—is there.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Parents of this generation are interested in data,” Weiss says. 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"content": "\u003cp>Wendy Poth has been blind most of her life. After losing her sight at age 8, Poth became the first blind person in the state of New York to graduate from a public high school. She didn’t stop there, going on to college and graduate school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now 61, Poth lives alone with the help of a few adaptive technologies — many sensor-laden devices speak to Poth and identify pills or call out temperature and weight of food when cooking. Like many visually impaired people, Poth also takes advantage of accessibility apps on her iPhone. Among her favorites are Light Detector, which tells Poth if the lights are on so guests won’t stumble in the dark, and TapTapSee, which uses voice-over to describe where things are in a room.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Apple offers dozens of accessibility apps designed for people with impaired vision, including screen readers that speak text from emails and websites, voice-to-text and voice-enabled GPS applications.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_58549\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 359px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/Wendy-Poth.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-58549\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/Wendy-Poth-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"Wendy Poth, at home in Wisconsin.\" width=\"359\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/Wendy-Poth-600x600.jpg 600w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/Wendy-Poth-400x400.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/Wendy-Poth.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/Wendy-Poth-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/Wendy-Poth-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/Wendy-Poth-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/Wendy-Poth-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/Wendy-Poth-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wendy Poth, at home in Kansas City. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Wendy Poth)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“Apple been such an amazing game-changer. I have my iPhone 6 in my hand half of my waking hours, at least,” Poth says, adding that old reading programs were prohibitively expensive and slow to update.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Every time something was upgraded it would take six months to a year to reprogram what they needed,” she says. “Not to say that [Apple’s] new releases don’t have some glitches in how voice-over works, but there are glitches in new upgrades for both sighted and blind alike.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco-based architect Chris Downey lost his vision in 2008 and says he doesn’t like to be too plugged-in. Downey, who designed the new LightHouse for the Blind building in downtown San Francisco, works with the help of a screen reader, a Braille blueprint printer and the inTACT Sketchpad. Where he previously used wax sticks to create drawings that would need to be copied, Downey can use the digitizing sketchpad to draw designs freehand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You can feel what you just drew,” says Downey. “It’s a product primarily developed and intended for children. We quickly realized its immense potential as a dynamic graphic interface for my work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_58554\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 464px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/eSight-2.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-58554\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/eSight-2-742x600.jpg\" alt=\"Kevin, an eSight user, says the goggles replaced accommodations he previously used at school. Some eSight users want the AR goggles to read, others to see faces and shapes.\" width=\"464\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/eSight-2-742x600.jpg 742w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/eSight-2-400x324.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/eSight-2.jpg 947w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kevin, an eSight user, says the goggles replaced accommodations he previously used at school. Some eSight users want the AR goggles to read; others use them to see faces and shapes. \u003ccite>(eSight)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Other technologies that are shaping up to play a huge role in helping the blind see are emerging wearable devices using virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). Facebook’s Oculus VR is one example.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Typically, virtual reality goggles are designed to immerse people in gaming. But their cameras and ultra-powerful computers can also provide exaggerated images or auditory help for the visually impaired. With augmented reality, computer-generated images add to the real world.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>AR goggles are a great solution for the blind because they’re mobile and hands free, says Frank Jones, CTO and vice president of engineering at eSight. Using a high-definition camera, eSight’s headset magnifies whatever the wearer is looking at, in real time, and tilts to engage peripheral vision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similarly, Smart Specs from UK-based Va-ST (pronounced: “VAST”) use 3-D mapping and depth sensing to provide object and facial recognition assistance for some users who have limited vision. The result is a high-contrast black-and-white image that allows the user to more clearly see shapes and register distance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Human eye contact is clearly a very important part of human interaction,” he says. “So, we need to concern ourselves with allowing physical eye contact to take place while providing the vision system that allows users to see detail.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_58558\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 545px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/meta-2.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-58558\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/meta-2-800x450.png\" alt=\"This still from a Meta promo video shows how the goggles allow users to manipulate virtual objects.\" width=\"545\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/meta-2-800x450.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/meta-2-400x225.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/meta-2-1180x664.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/meta-2-1920x1080.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/meta-2-960x540.png 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This still from a Meta promo video shows how the goggles allow users to manipulate virtual objects. \u003ccite>(Meta)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There are several optical, mechanical, performance and software challenges to overcome before AR can reach its full potential. Jones says it’s critically important that high-definition images process extremely quickly, with no more than a few milliseconds of lag time, to combat vertigo in users. And the look of the device is also important.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Price is another huge factor that companies need to tackle; Va-ST hopes to sell its goggles for under $1,000 and eSight is offered for a cool $15,000. Although people who are blind tend to be early adopters of new technology, Downey notes, “the population, generally speaking, is underemployed and having to pay high prices to be able to see.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, like many emerging technologies, the price of augmented reality is all about perspective.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“My iPhone has replaced six other devices that I used to have, all of them more expensive than the single iPhone, each with their own power cord, interface, support mechanism – and none of it being local,” Downey says. “Maybe [AR] looks expensive but in the long run it’s more affordable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mobile advising company Digi-Capital projects that AR will be a $120 billion business by the year 2020. There are conferences dedicated to augmented and virtual reality, and multiple forecasts expect medical wearables to represent a growing portion of the consumer electronics market.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Speaking from her home in Wisconsin, Poth says she is open to the idea of AR glasses. However, her most important tool is decidedly low-tech: a white cane to sweep the area in front of her while walking.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If somebody said you could have a cane or an iPhone, it would be a very, very hard decision. I would not want to live without either,” she says, laughing.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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The result is a high-contrast black-and-white image that allows the user to more clearly see shapes and register distance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Human eye contact is clearly a very important part of human interaction,” he says. “So, we need to concern ourselves with allowing physical eye contact to take place while providing the vision system that allows users to see detail.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_58558\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 545px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/meta-2.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-58558\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/meta-2-800x450.png\" alt=\"This still from a Meta promo video shows how the goggles allow users to manipulate virtual objects.\" width=\"545\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/meta-2-800x450.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/meta-2-400x225.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/meta-2-1180x664.png 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/meta-2-1920x1080.png 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/meta-2-960x540.png 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This still from a Meta promo video shows how the goggles allow users to manipulate virtual objects. \u003ccite>(Meta)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>There are several optical, mechanical, performance and software challenges to overcome before AR can reach its full potential. 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"content": "\u003cp>Tons of money has been poured into digital health technologies, from electronic health records to a smartphone case capable of taking an \u003ca href=\"http://www.alivecor.com/home\">electrocardiogram\u003c/a>. But not everyone may benefit, and e-health interventions may widen, not shrink, health disparities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patients who were poor, black, older, unmarried or on Medicare or Medicaid were less likely to use an electronic health record portal to manage their chronic kidney disease, according to a \u003ca href=\"http://cjasn.asnjournals.org/content/early/2015/10/22/CJN.01640215.abstract?sid=d0d0365c-03ed-4d69-bc9c-402ea923dc0b\">study\u003c/a> published Thursday in the \u003cem>Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That's especially worrisome because there are already big differences along race and socioeconomic lines when it comes to chronic kidney disease, says senior author Khaled Abdel-Kader. \"When you see these disparities sort of reinforced by new technological disparities, that is a bit worrisome that we may be taking a step back,\" says Abdel-Kader, who is also an assistant professor of medicine at Vanderbilt University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The study looked at roughly 2,800 patients at four university-affiliated nephrology offices in western Pennsylvania from 2010 through 2012. 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The key, Mendu says, is to better understand the patient population before creating the tools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Even with all of the innovation exploding throughout the health care industry, there is a reluctance, a blind spot, to design for diversity in consumer engagement,\" says \u003ca href=\"http://www.rivetedpartners.com/about/\">Vanessa Mason\u003c/a>, founder of Riveted Partners, a digital health consultancy that advises enterprises and startups on consumer engagement and behavior change, in an email interview. \"Patient portals often export health care's one-size-fits-all mentality through technology, without considering issues such as lack of broadband internet access in the home and differences in digital literacy.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The potential for making existing health disparities even worse should be \"panic inducing,\" Mason says, given the high burden of chronic disease in vulnerable populations. 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"content": "\u003cp>About \u003ca href=\"http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/FB-ATSRH.html\" target=\"_blank\">half of all American teens\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> have had sex by the time they turn 17, according to a 2013 study, and many are woefully underprepared. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A quarter of young women responding to a \u003ca href=\"http://www.guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/4410712.html\" target=\"_blank\">Guttmacher Institute survey\u003c/a> in 2009 had \"low\" knowledge about contraception. And \u003ca href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/pdf/wk/mm63e0408.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">CDC data \u003c/a>for 2006 to 2010 found that 83 percent of sexually experienced teen girls reported no formal sex education until after they'd had sex for the first time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These days, many young people are turning to a slew of mobile apps that aim to provide statistics, education and support. 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"content": "\u003cp>The genetic testing service \u003ca href=\"https://www.23andme.com\">23andMe\u003c/a> has relaunched a controversial test that, using just a few drops of spit, can tell you if you're a carrier for dozens of diseases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's not as extensive as its previous service, which could screen for hundreds of health risks, but the new modified test is approved by federal regulators, clearing a major hurdle that had placed the company's future in doubt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In November of 2013, the startup was hit with \u003ca href=\"http://www.fda.gov/ICECI/EnforcementActions/WarningLetters/2013/ucm376296.htm\">a warning letter \u003c/a>from the Food and Drug Administration, ordering the company to stop selling and marketing its personal genome service, which tested for risks associated with diseases like breast cancer and Parkinson's Disease. While the company pondered how to prove the accuracy of its product to the FDA's satisfaction, 23andMe stripped down its genetic test to only deliver raw genetic data and ancestry information. The sales of its testing kits dropped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We didn't understand the implications of that letter,\" said 23andMe's president Andy Page, in an interview earlier this week. \"We needed to hire a lot of people to get us back on track.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, 23andMe has worked closely with regulators to bring its full test back to market. Earlier this year\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\">, the FDA approved its \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\">carrier test\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\"> for Bloom Syndrome, a rare disease associated with short stature and a higher cancer risk. At the time the FDA said it would not review other such carrier screening tests, clearing the way for the company to resume offering some health information.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_55241\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 370px\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-55241\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/qDZjMl9WskAOEMsDU6M2BTlV1t_13PWBQqqsyieIlNo-785x600.png\" alt=\"The new test offers colorful reports about your ancestry and family history.\" width=\"370\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/qDZjMl9WskAOEMsDU6M2BTlV1t_13PWBQqqsyieIlNo-785x600.png 785w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/qDZjMl9WskAOEMsDU6M2BTlV1t_13PWBQqqsyieIlNo-400x306.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/qDZjMl9WskAOEMsDU6M2BTlV1t_13PWBQqqsyieIlNo-960x734.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/qDZjMl9WskAOEMsDU6M2BTlV1t_13PWBQqqsyieIlNo.png 1005w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new test offers colorful reports about your ancestry and family history. \u003ccite>(23andMe)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Earlier this week, the company walked me through its redesigned product, which is available for $199. 23andMe bills this test as a major improvement on its previous efforts, despite that its roster of health tests is limited. It still doesn't include carrier tests for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, as well as tests for drug responses and adverse drug reactions. Prior to the regulatory crackdown, 23andMe included these tests and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, the new website is better-designed and easier to navigate. The team clearly spent a lot of time replacing scientific jargon with conversational language to avoid confusion. This may well be a response to the FDA's concerns that people will misinterpret their results and take drastic steps, such as an unnecessary test or procedure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>23andMe also includes plenty of fun facts that are perfect for dinner party conversation, like the underlying genetic reason that you might be annoyed by the sound of other people chewing. Ancestry is still a major focus for the new test: You can now share and compare your genetic variants with other family-members and access a detailed report on your ethnicity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>More Than Just a Test \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_55242\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 437px\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-55242\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/jQZ8kGSufzMG_ZDy7F4jTHGgYJsxALgSdQGWdYM5NEw-800x491.png\" alt=\"23andMe informs you whether you have a variant that is associated with Cystic Fibrosis. \" width=\"437\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/jQZ8kGSufzMG_ZDy7F4jTHGgYJsxALgSdQGWdYM5NEw-800x491.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/jQZ8kGSufzMG_ZDy7F4jTHGgYJsxALgSdQGWdYM5NEw-400x245.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/jQZ8kGSufzMG_ZDy7F4jTHGgYJsxALgSdQGWdYM5NEw-960x589.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/jQZ8kGSufzMG_ZDy7F4jTHGgYJsxALgSdQGWdYM5NEw.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">23andMe informs you whether you have a variant that is associated with Cystic Fibrosis. \u003ccite>(23andMe )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Only time will tell whether the new product will prove as compelling as 23andMe's original test. For one thing it is more expensive: The previous price point was $99.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People who take the test can opt in to clinical studies and research. Those who consent will receive the occasional survey question and an offer to join a clinical trial, according to Page. In the past few years, 23andMe has inked partnerships with a variety of pharmaceutical companies including Pfizer. According to 23andMe's privacy policy, these partners can only access your health data with your consent (with the \u003ca href=\"http://fusion.net/story/215204/law-enforcement-agencies-are-asking-ancestry-com-and-23andme-for-their-customers-dna/\">possible exception \u003c/a>of law enforcement.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>23andMe may have made a name for itself with its DNA test, but it is doing a lot of medical research behind the scenes. Given its vast store of patient data -- 1 million customers and counting -- the company is well poised to develop new medications. Page said 23andMe plans to spend some of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-14/23andme-funding-said-to-value-genetics-startup-at-1-1-billion\">$115 million i\u003c/a>t recently raised on two new labs: one for the therapeutics team to experiment with new drugs, and the other to develop more sophisticated gene-sequencing techniques.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Page declined to comment on whether 23andMe plans to offer more sophisticated DNA sequencing in the future. At present, it offers genotyping, which looks at genetic variants but not the exact sequence of a length of DNA. Sequencing technology has drastically come down in price in the past decade -- \u003ca href=\"http://www.nature.com/news/technology-the-1-000-genome-1.14901\">you can now sequence your whole genome for $1000\u003c/a> -- but it is still far more expensive than 23andMe's genotyping test.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The path forward for genetic testing? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>23andMe is just one of a growing number of tests on the market that offer genealogical, health and wellness reports. But what's unique about its test is that the genetic test results are delivered directly to you, rather than through your doctor. \u003ca href=\"https://www.counsyl.com\">Counsyl,\u003c/a> another DNA testing service that is popular with would-be parents, requires a doctor's note.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_55243\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-55243\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/FeKg2hXUKZd8E-8GlffcsJ28v9yJz2_L8toiQsuvuZ0-800x521.png\" alt=\"You don't need a doctor's note to purchase 23andMe's genetic testing kit. \" width=\"800\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/FeKg2hXUKZd8E-8GlffcsJ28v9yJz2_L8toiQsuvuZ0-800x521.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/FeKg2hXUKZd8E-8GlffcsJ28v9yJz2_L8toiQsuvuZ0-400x261.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/FeKg2hXUKZd8E-8GlffcsJ28v9yJz2_L8toiQsuvuZ0-960x625.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/FeKg2hXUKZd8E-8GlffcsJ28v9yJz2_L8toiQsuvuZ0.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">You don't need a doctor's note to purchase 23andMe's genetic testing kit. \u003ccite>(23andMe)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The FDA targeted 23andMe for its direct to consumer approach. But the company has not bowed to pressure from its critics. 23andMe's CEO Anne Wojciki \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/2015/04/10/23andme-ceo-we-are-now-the-poster-child-for-patient-empowerment/\">told me recently\u003c/a> that she is committed to sharing health data directly with consumers, even if it means years of paperwork: \"I’ve said many times that consumers with no background in medicine can understand complicated ideas.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But some health experts harbor mixed feelings about whether this is the safest approach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bob Wachter, interim chair of the department of medicine at UCSF, said he was glad the FDA stepped in when it did. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The genetic testing service \u003ca href=\"https://www.23andme.com\">23andMe\u003c/a> has relaunched a controversial test that, using just a few drops of spit, can tell you if you're a carrier for dozens of diseases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's not as extensive as its previous service, which could screen for hundreds of health risks, but the new modified test is approved by federal regulators, clearing a major hurdle that had placed the company's future in doubt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In November of 2013, the startup was hit with \u003ca href=\"http://www.fda.gov/ICECI/EnforcementActions/WarningLetters/2013/ucm376296.htm\">a warning letter \u003c/a>from the Food and Drug Administration, ordering the company to stop selling and marketing its personal genome service, which tested for risks associated with diseases like breast cancer and Parkinson's Disease. While the company pondered how to prove the accuracy of its product to the FDA's satisfaction, 23andMe stripped down its genetic test to only deliver raw genetic data and ancestry information. The sales of its testing kits dropped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We didn't understand the implications of that letter,\" said 23andMe's president Andy Page, in an interview earlier this week. \"We needed to hire a lot of people to get us back on track.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since then, 23andMe has worked closely with regulators to bring its full test back to market. Earlier this year\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\">, the FDA approved its \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\">carrier test\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\"> for Bloom Syndrome, a rare disease associated with short stature and a higher cancer risk. At the time the FDA said it would not review other such carrier screening tests, clearing the way for the company to resume offering some health information.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_55241\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 370px\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-55241\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/qDZjMl9WskAOEMsDU6M2BTlV1t_13PWBQqqsyieIlNo-785x600.png\" alt=\"The new test offers colorful reports about your ancestry and family history.\" width=\"370\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/qDZjMl9WskAOEMsDU6M2BTlV1t_13PWBQqqsyieIlNo-785x600.png 785w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/qDZjMl9WskAOEMsDU6M2BTlV1t_13PWBQqqsyieIlNo-400x306.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/qDZjMl9WskAOEMsDU6M2BTlV1t_13PWBQqqsyieIlNo-960x734.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/qDZjMl9WskAOEMsDU6M2BTlV1t_13PWBQqqsyieIlNo.png 1005w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 370px) 100vw, 370px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new test offers colorful reports about your ancestry and family history. \u003ccite>(23andMe)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Earlier this week, the company walked me through its redesigned product, which is available for $199. 23andMe bills this test as a major improvement on its previous efforts, despite that its roster of health tests is limited. It still doesn't include carrier tests for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer, as well as tests for drug responses and adverse drug reactions. Prior to the regulatory crackdown, 23andMe included these tests and more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That said, the new website is better-designed and easier to navigate. The team clearly spent a lot of time replacing scientific jargon with conversational language to avoid confusion. This may well be a response to the FDA's concerns that people will misinterpret their results and take drastic steps, such as an unnecessary test or procedure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>23andMe also includes plenty of fun facts that are perfect for dinner party conversation, like the underlying genetic reason that you might be annoyed by the sound of other people chewing. Ancestry is still a major focus for the new test: You can now share and compare your genetic variants with other family-members and access a detailed report on your ethnicity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>More Than Just a Test \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_55242\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 437px\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-55242\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/jQZ8kGSufzMG_ZDy7F4jTHGgYJsxALgSdQGWdYM5NEw-800x491.png\" alt=\"23andMe informs you whether you have a variant that is associated with Cystic Fibrosis. \" width=\"437\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/jQZ8kGSufzMG_ZDy7F4jTHGgYJsxALgSdQGWdYM5NEw-800x491.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/jQZ8kGSufzMG_ZDy7F4jTHGgYJsxALgSdQGWdYM5NEw-400x245.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/jQZ8kGSufzMG_ZDy7F4jTHGgYJsxALgSdQGWdYM5NEw-960x589.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/jQZ8kGSufzMG_ZDy7F4jTHGgYJsxALgSdQGWdYM5NEw.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">23andMe informs you whether you have a variant that is associated with Cystic Fibrosis. \u003ccite>(23andMe )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Only time will tell whether the new product will prove as compelling as 23andMe's original test. For one thing it is more expensive: The previous price point was $99.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People who take the test can opt in to clinical studies and research. Those who consent will receive the occasional survey question and an offer to join a clinical trial, according to Page. In the past few years, 23andMe has inked partnerships with a variety of pharmaceutical companies including Pfizer. According to 23andMe's privacy policy, these partners can only access your health data with your consent (with the \u003ca href=\"http://fusion.net/story/215204/law-enforcement-agencies-are-asking-ancestry-com-and-23andme-for-their-customers-dna/\">possible exception \u003c/a>of law enforcement.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>23andMe may have made a name for itself with its DNA test, but it is doing a lot of medical research behind the scenes. Given its vast store of patient data -- 1 million customers and counting -- the company is well poised to develop new medications. Page said 23andMe plans to spend some of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-14/23andme-funding-said-to-value-genetics-startup-at-1-1-billion\">$115 million i\u003c/a>t recently raised on two new labs: one for the therapeutics team to experiment with new drugs, and the other to develop more sophisticated gene-sequencing techniques.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Page declined to comment on whether 23andMe plans to offer more sophisticated DNA sequencing in the future. At present, it offers genotyping, which looks at genetic variants but not the exact sequence of a length of DNA. Sequencing technology has drastically come down in price in the past decade -- \u003ca href=\"http://www.nature.com/news/technology-the-1-000-genome-1.14901\">you can now sequence your whole genome for $1000\u003c/a> -- but it is still far more expensive than 23andMe's genotyping test.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The path forward for genetic testing? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>23andMe is just one of a growing number of tests on the market that offer genealogical, health and wellness reports. 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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_53085\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 236px\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-53085\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/DSC_8404-Edit-Edit-3-3-480x600.jpg\" alt=\"Thea Runyan, a Bay Area-based health educator. \" width=\"236\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/DSC_8404-Edit-Edit-3-3-480x600.jpg 480w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/DSC_8404-Edit-Edit-3-3-400x500.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/DSC_8404-Edit-Edit-3-3-944x1180.jpg 944w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/DSC_8404-Edit-Edit-3-3-1920x2400.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/DSC_8404-Edit-Edit-3-3-1180x1475.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/DSC_8404-Edit-Edit-3-3-960x1200.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Thea Runyan, a Bay Area-based health educator specializing in weight loss programs for kids. \u003ccite>(Thea Runyan)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Editor's Note:\u003c/strong> Thea Runyan, MPH, is a health educator and behavioral coach specializing in weight loss programs for obese and overweight children. I asked Runyan to share her views as she has spent over a decade developing both online and offline weight loss programs for kids. Runyan has developed a coaching app, which is based on principles she learned as a health educator, but she hasn't used federal funding.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Earlier this week, presidential candidate \u003ca href=\"http://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2015/10/13/jeb-bush-goes-after-anti-obesity-video-game-that-conservatives-love-hate/XJyPwoZcT17CNxnLI4VXLI/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Jeb Bush described \u003c/a>a game that teaches children about healthy eating as a waste of \"scarce [federal] resources.\" The game, called “Mommio” is being developed with a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I disagree with this assessment. In my fifteen years as a behavioral coach and health educator, I've seen a lot of inefficiency and waste. But I believe technology represents an opportunity to help us teach children healthy eating habits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I applaud the government in supporting an initiative that is relevant, may be used by families, and is relatively cost-effective compared with the millions upon millions of dollars in grant money spent on \u003ca href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK148737/\" target=\"_blank\">childhood obesity initiatives\u003c/a> across the country. Many of these programs are poorly coordinated (if at all), unmeasured and cannot be implemented at scale. And that's without counting the long-term medical costs linked to childhood obesity, which include Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and cancer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/healthyschools/obesity/facts.htm\" target=\"_blank\">According to the CDC,\u003c/a> the percentage of young children, aged 6 to 11, who are obese in the U.S. increased from 7 percent in 1980 to nearly 18 percent in 2012. And in 2012, fully one-third of all children and adolescents were overweight or obese.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For 12 years, I worked as a behavioral coach at the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford. A large part of my job was to work with parents to create healthy environments for kids and teens. It was a major challenge for families to make healthy choices about food and exercise. Nutrition, in particular, proved to be very confusing for adults and kids.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was clearly a need for a tool that would make it easier for families to access information that would support the healthy lifestyle changes they were making. We predicted that a mobile app with health education and behavior modification tools, combined with a brief weekly check-in with a coach, would be a fun and engaging way for families to make these changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After licensing the program from Stanford University, we secured private funding to create a mobile and online weight management program for kids, teens and their families.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When I started a mobile coaching app to help obese children and teens lose weight, called Kurbo, I saw first-hand that technology, including apps and games, can make it easier for families to navigate these challenging concepts. At Kurbo, we created a learning game called Red Raisins that teaches families which foods are healthy or not by labeling them as \"green,\" \"yellow\" and \"red.\" It also teaches how to count portion sizes and read labels. This is one of the most popular features of the app.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">“Others [critics] have referred to me as a \"crazy nutrition mom\" or the \"food police.\"\u003cbr>\n\u003ccite>Thea Runyan, health educator and behavioral coach \u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>In my view, today's parents are far more likely to use a technology tool like Mommio than read a medical textbook, enroll in an expensive healthy eating program, or even seek advice from a doctor or dietician.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, like the CEO of Mommio, I've heard many criticisms over the years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some have argued that video games, app trackers and the rest are additional screen-time that contribute to a sedentary lifestyle. This is a silly and outdated view. Kids and parents are on their phones. Health educators need to meet them where they are. Others [critics] have referred to me as a \"crazy nutrition mom\" or the \"food police.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unfortunately, the field is still nascent and we lack conclusive research to prove that technology can make a difference in the childhood obesity epidemic. But that makes it imperative for games like Mommio to get the funding they need, so we can track the impact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bottom line is that $2 million is a very small price to pay if the game is able to improve health behaviors in millions of people.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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But can you trust the device to provide accurate data about your steps?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to new research published this week from a\u003ca href=\"http://bmcsportsscimedrehabil.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13102-015-0018-5\"> group of researchers\u003c/a> at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.hanze.nl/eng\">Hanze University of Applied Sciences\u003c/a> in the Netherlands, most of the popular activity trackers will do.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_51084\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 287px\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-51084\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/misfit-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Wearable maker Misfit is known for its small, jewel-like trackers.\" width=\"287\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/misfit-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/misfit-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/misfit-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/misfit-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/misfit-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/misfit.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wearable maker Misfit is known for its small, jewel-like trackers. \u003ccite>(Yosomono/Flickr)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The researchers found that seven of the top ten consumer devices and smartphone apps were reliable at tracking steps, and five showed high accuracy when tested in laboratory conditions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>I was somewhat surprised to learn that the less expensive trackers, like the $69.99 Misfit Shine or $59.95 Fitbit Zip, weren't any less reliable than their more pricey counterparts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The activity trackers performed better than we expected in general,\" said Martijn de Groot, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/2015/06/19/training-the-next-generation-of-quantified-nurses/\">one of the authors of the paper.\u003c/a> De Groot is also a research director at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.qsinstitute.org/\">Quantified Institute\u003c/a>, which specializes in wearable technology. \"Only the Nike Fuelband was disappointing,\" he told me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The wearables market has exploded in the past few years. \u003ca href=\"https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=255356\">The research firm IDC\u003c/a> predicts that the number of trackers shipped will jump from around 20 million in 2014 to over 120 million in 2019. Some devices emphasize style and affordability; others offer far more sophisticated data than just step counts, like sleep quality and heart rate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[Editors' Note: I first met de Groot at the 'Quantified Self' conference in San Francisco, where he presented on a new program to teach nurses and other health professionals about statistics..\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/2015/06/19/training-the-next-generation-of-quantified-nurses/\"> More on that here.\u003c/a>]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Results?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Moves app for the iPhone and Nike Fuelband were the least accurate and reliable, according to the researchers, while the Jawbone UP, Misfit Shine, Withings Pulse, Fitbit Zip and Lumoback scored high on both counts. \u003ca href=\"http://www.ijbnpa.org/content/pdf/s12966-015-0201-9.pdf\">These results echo previous studies\u003c/a>, which found that the Fitbit and Withings devices were strong performers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The researchers kicked off the experiment a year ago and recruited more than 50 healthy adult volunteers. What stood out to me about the study is that it's among the first to test the fitness trackers both in the lab and in \"free living conditions,\" meaning in the participants' daily lives. A device might perform well in lab conditions for the purposes of academic studies, but not in the real world.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">“The activity trackers performed better than we expected in general.\"\u003cbr>\n\u003ccite>Martijn de Groot, a principal investor at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.hanze.nl/eng\">Hanze University of Applied Sciences\u003c/a>\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>For the lab portion of the research, the participants were asked to walk twice on a treadmill for 30 minutes while wearing all ten trackers and an \u003ca href=\"http://www.paltech.plus.com/products.htm\">ActivPAL\u003c/a>, an accelerometer-based monitor worn on the thigh that is commonly used by researchers as the \"gold standard.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The participants were subsequently asked to sport all of the devices during a regular workday, but to abstain from cycling, driving or any other activity that might skew the results by damaging the tracker or shifting the wearing position.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_51082\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 290px\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-51082\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/Fitibit_Flex-800x573.jpg\" alt=\"Fitbit devices were among the most accurate, according to the study.\" width=\"290\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/Fitibit_Flex-800x573.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/Fitibit_Flex-400x286.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/Fitibit_Flex-1180x845.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/Fitibit_Flex-1920x1374.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/Fitibit_Flex-960x687.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fitbit devices were among the most accurate, according to the study. \u003ccite>(Wikimedia Commons)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>By performing statistical analysis to compare the results from the trackers and the gold standard, the researchers were able to assess the validity and reliability of the devices. According to de Groot, the latter is more important for most people. If the feedback is off, but off by about the same amount every day, then it's still useful for workout purposes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For patients with serious medical conditions, De Groot said he would suggest a device that is worn on the pelvis or chest, rather than on the wrist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Wrist-worn activity trackers are more prone to errors when we vigorously move our arms during the day, he said. But it also depends on what you're trying to measure: To track lower-limb activity like cycling, for instance, he would suggest a device worn on the ankle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an interview, De Groot shared some of the limitations to the study. The researchers did not test for long-distance tracking or other measurements, including sleep. Moreover, they carried out the experiments one year ago. 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Some devices emphasize style and affordability; others offer far more sophisticated data than just step counts, like sleep quality and heart rate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[Editors' Note: I first met de Groot at the 'Quantified Self' conference in San Francisco, where he presented on a new program to teach nurses and other health professionals about statistics..\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/2015/06/19/training-the-next-generation-of-quantified-nurses/\"> More on that here.\u003c/a>]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Results?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Moves app for the iPhone and Nike Fuelband were the least accurate and reliable, according to the researchers, while the Jawbone UP, Misfit Shine, Withings Pulse, Fitbit Zip and Lumoback scored high on both counts. \u003ca href=\"http://www.ijbnpa.org/content/pdf/s12966-015-0201-9.pdf\">These results echo previous studies\u003c/a>, which found that the Fitbit and Withings devices were strong performers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The researchers kicked off the experiment a year ago and recruited more than 50 healthy adult volunteers. 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