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I can actually feel it slither down my spine, as the percussion begins hammering me from my shoulders down to my kidneys and through my ribs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’re feeling the lower lows down in sort of your solar plexus region, and you are feeling the higher frequencies up higher,” says Leonard. “It’s so precise you are actually able to feel the notes moving up and down your body.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'An Earthquake Took Over My Body'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/shaaheem/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Shaheem Sanchez\u003c/a> is a Los Angeles freestyle R&B and hip hop dancer who lost his hearing at age 4 but started dancing at age 11—he says he practiced feeling music by bopping his head along to the subwoofers in his mom’s car. He now regularly wears a SubPac to perform.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>From \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2016/08/09/antoine-hunter-empowers-deaf-community-through-dance/\" target=\"_blank\">KQED Arts\u003c/a>: Empowering the deaf community through dance \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PTjNqysmHk\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"When I first tried it on, it felt like an earthquake took over my body,” Sanchez says in an email. “And that's a good thing!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without the device, he writes, choreography is harder—he has to rely on memorizing the beat and repeating the counts over and over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"With the SubPac,\" he says, \"it's amazing how you can feel it just like everyone else. You can dance to the same song for both worlds [the hearing and the deaf]. Deaf people will never feel left out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jo-Ann Dean, a Los Angeles sign language interpreter and producer whose company, \u003ca href=\"http://www.deaftalentblog.com/mobile/\" target=\"_blank\">SIGNmation\u003c/a>, promotes deaf talent and advocates for accessibility in the entertainment industry, helped outfit audience members with the packs at her monthly revue, the ASL Cabaret.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I liked the idea that somebody onstage would also be able to relate to somebody that’s in the audience wearing the unit,” says Dean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their first SubPac-enabled show included a dance performance by Sanchez, a percussion act, and cast members from the rock musical Spring Awakening, which includes both deaf and hearing actors, singing Broadway show tunes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This summer, Dean also organized a poolside disco during the DeafNation World Expo in Las Vegas. Deaf DJ Nico DiMarco—the twin brother of dancer Nyle—spun tunes, which were wirelessly transmitted to dancers wearing the vests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"cYkiLRjurproibDdhcTqvbcyMO1JbM4z\"]“Instead of somebody just moving up and down, bobbing to the music like you would with the bass, or tapping their foot with the boom, boom, boom,\" Dean says, \"now the shoulders are moving. The arms are moving. They are swaying with whatever the music is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SubPac has donated sets to \u003ca href=\"http://www.themuseseekproject.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Muse Seek Project\u003c/a> in the Dominican Republic, which has organized silent dance sessions and excursions for kids to listen to whale songs. The company has also partnered with Brendan Angelides, AKA electronic musician \u003ca href=\"http://www.eskmo.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Eskmo\u003c/a>, for his \u003ca href=\"http://www.feelharmonic.org/\" target=\"_blank\">FeelHarmonic\u003c/a> education program, which offers a “visual concert” for deaf and hard-of-hearing children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>From Sound Design to Deaf Culture\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SubPac began its life as an aid for musicians and producers who wanted to feel bass they couldn’t easily hear. The first design, funded by a 2013 Kickstarter campaign, fits into the back of a chair, so a person working with audio software can simply lean back into it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Producing low frequencies is fraught with all kinds of complications and problems. It’s expensive, it’s loud, it’s hard to reproduce accurately across any environment,” says Leonard, who in a previous career life was a studio sound engineer for bands like U2, The Breeders and Frank Black. “So instead of having a big subwoofer, pushing lots of air, making lots of noise, being potentially affected by the environment, this gives you very accurate, high fidelity, reproducible reference points.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But deaf artists quickly joined the SubPac user base. \u003ca href=\"http://thedjlist.com/djs/robbie-wilde/info/\" target=\"_blank\">Deaf DJ Robbie Wilde\u003c/a> was an early adopter, and this spring, SubPac outfitted the guest section for deaf \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArttowOUOg4\" target=\"_blank\">Dancing with the Stars winner Nyle DiMarco\u003c/a> with seated versions of the device, so the audience could feel the beat as he danced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, SubPac has offices in Los Angeles, Toronto and at Playground Studios in San Francisco, a co-development workspace that features an indoor swing set and two-story curly slide. One of their goals is to find new ways simply to help people feel good, says Meredith Badali, who leads the deaf and hard-of-hearing initiatives for the company’s health and wellness team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_219837\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 4032px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2016/08/Subpac-dancing.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-219837\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2016/08/Subpac-dancing.jpg\" alt=\"A dancer tries out the SubPac at the DeafNation World Expo in Las Vegas.\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/08/Subpac-dancing.jpg 4032w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/08/Subpac-dancing-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/08/Subpac-dancing-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/08/Subpac-dancing-768x576.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/08/Subpac-dancing-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/08/Subpac-dancing-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/08/Subpac-dancing-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A dancer tries out the SubPac at the DeafNation World Expo in Las Vegas. \u003ccite>(Jo-Ann Dean/SIGNmation)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The SubPac is a medium for art,” she says. “It allows you to express yourself and it allows you to share the gift of music and feeling with others. It adds another dimension to unlocking the world around you or breaking down barriers for communication.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Amping the Reality in Virtual Reality\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Badali likes to think of the SubPac as a vessel into which you can insert any cultural wedge—music, dance, video games, virtual reality experiences, movies. During my visit to Playground, I watched the most recent \"Star Wars\" and \"Mission Impossible\" trailers while wearing the vest. This time, it felt like having a chaotic fireworks finale erupt across my back, each rumble echoing an onscreen explosion, spaceship maneuver or feat of derring-do by a spy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, Leonard offered me a go at a virtual reality game called Audioshield. Still wearing the SubPac vest and headphones, we added a VR headset and a pair of hand controllers, and dropped me into the middle of a (virtual) neon-lit arena. My task was to jump around deflecting oncoming blobs of light, catching the blue ones with my left hand and the orange ones with the right—all to the beat of Missy Elliott’s enormously bouncy \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/shaaheem/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">“WTF (Where They From),”\u003c/a> which engulfed me in the beat from both the headphones and the vest. VR labs often rely on subwoofers built into the floor or mounted under chairs to relay tactile sensations and create the illusion of “presence,” or actually being within the virtual environment. Moving floors work, but actually being shaken by the chest makes the virtual feel incredibly close.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Darin McFadyen, SubPac’s head of creative, who also doubles as the DJ and electronic music producer \u003ca href=\"http://freqnasty.com/\" target=\"_blank\">FreQ Nasty\u003c/a>, envisions SubPacs adding a tactile element to augmented reality. Imagine, he says, playing a game like Pokémon GO or taking an interactive tour of a museum without having to keep an eye on your phone. Instead, the pack buzzing to the left or right could cue you which way to walk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t want to wander around holding up phones to our faces,” McFadyen says. “That’s not something we are used to doing, it’s not something that a lot of people like, and we're already seeing people walking off cliffs and walking into cars and ridiculous things like that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But people are already used to wearing equipment on their torsos, everything from backpacks to baby carriers. And, as Leonard points out, the back offers plenty of real estate for sensory input.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Indeed, by the time I am done at SubPac, I have moved and vibrated and jumped so much that I have thoroughly sweated on all of their gear. But to Leonard, this physicality is a good thing, an indicator that SubPac is onto something that will help musicians use sound and feeling to create truly inclusive entertainment for people who can hear and those who can’t.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have an opportunity here for artists to really connect with their fan base,” he says, “to create things that literally move people, physically move people, reach out and touch people.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Feeling sound, instead of hearing it, is a form of sensory substitution—using information from one sense as a proxy for another. (The same principle is at work when people who are blind use their sense of touch to read Braille.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re transferring energy directly to the body,” says Leonard, SubPac's executive vice president for strategic development. “And then your body is just doing the rest of the work.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For someone who can hear, enjoying recorded music usually means listening through a speaker. A speaker works by moving an amplifying cone, which pushes the air around it, propagating pressure waves that eventually reach the ear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But with a SubPac, users wear two tactile transducers right on their back, so they feel the music’s vibration both directly and through bone conduction, as the energy rattles their rib cages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s all about contact with the body,” says Leonard, “taking air out of the equation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_219835\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 750px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2016/08/Shaheen-from-back.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-219835\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2016/08/Shaheen-from-back.jpg\" alt=\"Deaf hip hop dancer Shaheem Sanchez.\" width=\"750\" height=\"741\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/08/Shaheen-from-back.jpg 750w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/08/Shaheen-from-back-400x395.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/08/Shaheen-from-back-607x600.jpg 607w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/08/Shaheen-from-back-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/08/Shaheen-from-back-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/08/Shaheen-from-back-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/08/Shaheen-from-back-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deaf dancer Shaheem Sanchez uses the SubPac for both performance and to learn choreography. \u003ccite>(Brandon White)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>OK, now I'm ready to rattle. Leonard cues up the Beatles’ “Come Together,” and I burst into laughter. The song’s iconic shoooooop-boom-boom-boom bassline radiates across my back like a supercharged set of Magic Fingers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a beautiful bass line, so it feels pretty good,” Leonard agrees. “But do this for me as well. Take the headphones off. Plug your ears.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Have you ever pulled up at a stoplight next to a car with the bass cranked and the windows rolled up, and been able to recognize the song from the vibration alone? It’s like that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’ll give you a fun one,” says Leonard, cuing up \u003ca href=\"http://www.asvpxrocky.com/\" target=\"_blank\">A$AP Rocky\u003c/a>’s hip hop cover of “Big Spender.” The song begins with a fake-out, a tinny recording of a female vocalist over a traditional jazz band, and the SubPac doesn't do very much in response. But when the bass finally drops, does it \u003cem>ever\u003c/em> drop. I can actually feel it slither down my spine, as the percussion begins hammering me from my shoulders down to my kidneys and through my ribs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“You’re feeling the lower lows down in sort of your solar plexus region, and you are feeling the higher frequencies up higher,” says Leonard. “It’s so precise you are actually able to feel the notes moving up and down your body.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>'An Earthquake Took Over My Body'\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/shaaheem/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Shaheem Sanchez\u003c/a> is a Los Angeles freestyle R&B and hip hop dancer who lost his hearing at age 4 but started dancing at age 11—he says he practiced feeling music by bopping his head along to the subwoofers in his mom’s car. He now regularly wears a SubPac to perform.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>From \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/arts/2016/08/09/antoine-hunter-empowers-deaf-community-through-dance/\" target=\"_blank\">KQED Arts\u003c/a>: Empowering the deaf community through dance \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/1PTjNqysmHk'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/1PTjNqysmHk'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>\"When I first tried it on, it felt like an earthquake took over my body,” Sanchez says in an email. “And that's a good thing!\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Without the device, he writes, choreography is harder—he has to rely on memorizing the beat and repeating the counts over and over.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"With the SubPac,\" he says, \"it's amazing how you can feel it just like everyone else. You can dance to the same song for both worlds [the hearing and the deaf]. Deaf people will never feel left out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jo-Ann Dean, a Los Angeles sign language interpreter and producer whose company, \u003ca href=\"http://www.deaftalentblog.com/mobile/\" target=\"_blank\">SIGNmation\u003c/a>, promotes deaf talent and advocates for accessibility in the entertainment industry, helped outfit audience members with the packs at her monthly revue, the ASL Cabaret.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I liked the idea that somebody onstage would also be able to relate to somebody that’s in the audience wearing the unit,” says Dean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Their first SubPac-enabled show included a dance performance by Sanchez, a percussion act, and cast members from the rock musical Spring Awakening, which includes both deaf and hearing actors, singing Broadway show tunes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This summer, Dean also organized a poolside disco during the DeafNation World Expo in Las Vegas. Deaf DJ Nico DiMarco—the twin brother of dancer Nyle—spun tunes, which were wirelessly transmitted to dancers wearing the vests.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>“Instead of somebody just moving up and down, bobbing to the music like you would with the bass, or tapping their foot with the boom, boom, boom,\" Dean says, \"now the shoulders are moving. The arms are moving. They are swaying with whatever the music is.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SubPac has donated sets to \u003ca href=\"http://www.themuseseekproject.com/\" target=\"_blank\">The Muse Seek Project\u003c/a> in the Dominican Republic, which has organized silent dance sessions and excursions for kids to listen to whale songs. The company has also partnered with Brendan Angelides, AKA electronic musician \u003ca href=\"http://www.eskmo.com/\" target=\"_blank\">Eskmo\u003c/a>, for his \u003ca href=\"http://www.feelharmonic.org/\" target=\"_blank\">FeelHarmonic\u003c/a> education program, which offers a “visual concert” for deaf and hard-of-hearing children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>From Sound Design to Deaf Culture\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SubPac began its life as an aid for musicians and producers who wanted to feel bass they couldn’t easily hear. The first design, funded by a 2013 Kickstarter campaign, fits into the back of a chair, so a person working with audio software can simply lean back into it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Producing low frequencies is fraught with all kinds of complications and problems. It’s expensive, it’s loud, it’s hard to reproduce accurately across any environment,” says Leonard, who in a previous career life was a studio sound engineer for bands like U2, The Breeders and Frank Black. “So instead of having a big subwoofer, pushing lots of air, making lots of noise, being potentially affected by the environment, this gives you very accurate, high fidelity, reproducible reference points.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But deaf artists quickly joined the SubPac user base. \u003ca href=\"http://thedjlist.com/djs/robbie-wilde/info/\" target=\"_blank\">Deaf DJ Robbie Wilde\u003c/a> was an early adopter, and this spring, SubPac outfitted the guest section for deaf \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArttowOUOg4\" target=\"_blank\">Dancing with the Stars winner Nyle DiMarco\u003c/a> with seated versions of the device, so the audience could feel the beat as he danced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, SubPac has offices in Los Angeles, Toronto and at Playground Studios in San Francisco, a co-development workspace that features an indoor swing set and two-story curly slide. One of their goals is to find new ways simply to help people feel good, says Meredith Badali, who leads the deaf and hard-of-hearing initiatives for the company’s health and wellness team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_219837\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 4032px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2016/08/Subpac-dancing.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-219837\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2016/08/Subpac-dancing.jpg\" alt=\"A dancer tries out the SubPac at the DeafNation World Expo in Las Vegas.\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/08/Subpac-dancing.jpg 4032w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/08/Subpac-dancing-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/08/Subpac-dancing-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/08/Subpac-dancing-768x576.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/08/Subpac-dancing-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/08/Subpac-dancing-1920x1440.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/08/Subpac-dancing-960x720.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A dancer tries out the SubPac at the DeafNation World Expo in Las Vegas. \u003ccite>(Jo-Ann Dean/SIGNmation)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“The SubPac is a medium for art,” she says. “It allows you to express yourself and it allows you to share the gift of music and feeling with others. It adds another dimension to unlocking the world around you or breaking down barriers for communication.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Amping the Reality in Virtual Reality\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Badali likes to think of the SubPac as a vessel into which you can insert any cultural wedge—music, dance, video games, virtual reality experiences, movies. During my visit to Playground, I watched the most recent \"Star Wars\" and \"Mission Impossible\" trailers while wearing the vest. This time, it felt like having a chaotic fireworks finale erupt across my back, each rumble echoing an onscreen explosion, spaceship maneuver or feat of derring-do by a spy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, Leonard offered me a go at a virtual reality game called Audioshield. Still wearing the SubPac vest and headphones, we added a VR headset and a pair of hand controllers, and dropped me into the middle of a (virtual) neon-lit arena. My task was to jump around deflecting oncoming blobs of light, catching the blue ones with my left hand and the orange ones with the right—all to the beat of Missy Elliott’s enormously bouncy \u003ca href=\"https://www.instagram.com/shaaheem/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">“WTF (Where They From),”\u003c/a> which engulfed me in the beat from both the headphones and the vest. VR labs often rely on subwoofers built into the floor or mounted under chairs to relay tactile sensations and create the illusion of “presence,” or actually being within the virtual environment. Moving floors work, but actually being shaken by the chest makes the virtual feel incredibly close.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Darin McFadyen, SubPac’s head of creative, who also doubles as the DJ and electronic music producer \u003ca href=\"http://freqnasty.com/\" target=\"_blank\">FreQ Nasty\u003c/a>, envisions SubPacs adding a tactile element to augmented reality. 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"content": "\u003cp>Every year at the \u003ca href=\"http://www.augmentedworldexpo.com/\">Augmented World Expo in Santa Clara\u003c/a>, makers of wearable gadgetry gather to debut prototypes and debate the future of bionic living.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">'We are very, very, very fast approaching the superhero stage.' \u003ccite>Mounir Zok, U.S. Olympic Committee\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>This year, Mounir Zok, the director of technology and innovation for the U.S. Olympic Committee, predicted that wearable sensors will soon be just as important to elite players as their designer athletic shoes. In fact, that day might be Friday, when the 2016 games open in Rio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the technologies used for Olympic training this year: Sensors worn by divers and gymnasts that track performance metrics in real time. Glasses for cyclists that deliver cadence, speed and heart rate data directly into their field of view. And for the Paralympic Games, Zok said, the Olympic Committee worked with automaker BMW to develop a new wheelchair that tracks stats like miles traveled and the frequency of arm strokes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Age of the Superhero\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are very, very, very fast approaching the superhero stage. Tony Stark is not anymore a science fiction character,” Zok said, referring to the Marvel Comics Iron Man hero who wears an armored suit that gives him cybernetic superpowers. “Tony Stark will be on the field of play.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Technology has long been integrated into sports training, in everything from nutrition to physiology. But as recently as the year 2000, Zok pointed out, most high-tech performance analysis took place in an environment unnatural to the athlete: the lab.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Having an Olympian jog on a treadmill just isn’t the same as having her sprint on a track or whoosh down a mountain. And, Zok added, it took days to compile the old data into spreadsheets, which didn't help athletes make immediate corrections during training or game play.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_183278\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 442px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-183278\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/usoc-442x600.jpg\" alt=\"Paralympic judo athlete, training for the 2016 Olympics in Rio. \" width=\"442\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/usoc-442x600.jpg 442w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/usoc-400x543.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/usoc-768x1042.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/usoc-869x1180.jpg 869w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/usoc-1180x1601.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/usoc-960x1303.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/usoc.jpg 1509w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paralympic judo athlete, training for the 2016 Olympics in Rio. \u003ccite>(Jeff Cable Photography)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This year, many Olympians are training using sensors that instantly port performance metrics to a coach’s tablet device. This gives the coach a kind of dashboard, displaying each team member’s stats as well as their historical performance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zok believes that being able to match their metrics to their visceral experience will help athletes learn faster. If an athlete knows, for example, the ideal angle at which her body should enter the water or the perfect rotational speed for her spin, she can check her stats after each dive, or dismount, and match the data against how the move felt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In gymnastics, said Zok, “we have almost come up with a digital code of what makes the gold medal,” a set of figures that describes a perfect 10 performance. “Imagine having that milestone for each and every Olympic athlete, specifically when they are very young, so that they have that fixed North Star.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Wearable Tech is Changing the NFL\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Olympians aren’t the only elite athletes trying out wearable sensors. Dan Waters of San Jose-based Zebra Technologies spoke about the tracking devices NFL players wore during the 2015 season, which relayed to their coaches real-time information about their location, speed and distance traveled. Zebra’s RFID chips, worn under players’ shoulder pads, pulsed information 25 times per second to receivers mounted inside each stadium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_183837\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-183837\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/SHOULDER_PADS_BLACK-800x547.jpg\" alt=\"NFL shoulder pad sensors\" width=\"800\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/SHOULDER_PADS_BLACK-800x547.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/SHOULDER_PADS_BLACK-400x273.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/SHOULDER_PADS_BLACK-768x525.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/SHOULDER_PADS_BLACK-1180x806.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/SHOULDER_PADS_BLACK-960x656.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/SHOULDER_PADS_BLACK.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">NFL shoulder pad \u003ccite>(Zebra Technologies)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’re translating the physical player into digital information that could be acted upon in real time by coaches,” said Waters. This, he said, could help coaches prevent injuries. Suppose, said Waters, “you have a wide receiver who has already run 6 miles in a game. Well, it might be good to rest that player, for example, before they pull a hamstring.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Waters’ company has also worked with Big 10, Pac 12 and Southeastern Conference schools. At the moment, NFL teams have elected to receive only their own players’ data, but Waters points out that these measurements, if shared, could ultimately effect recruiting, “allowing for the more thorough and efficient identification of player alignment and tendencies; both of which will contribute greatly to scouting and coaching efforts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Zok credits the proliferation of smartphones with driving down the cost of parts—accelerometers, magnetometers, GPS devices—and enabling today’s boom in wearable sports technology. And improvements in transmission range has allowed sports scientists to finally ditch the cables that once attached computer to electrode.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Next Gen Smart Gear\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next wave of wearables will be smaller still, as the industry moves away from hard plastic sensors like heart rate monitors that strap to the chest or smart bands that encircle the wrist. Sports gear will likely make use of ever more lightweight “smart tattoos,” or flexible electronics that stick on like bandages, and “smart clothing” that has conductive or sensing fibers woven directly into the fabric. With these, Zok said, “We can finally exploit all the real estate that we have on our bodies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recreational and student athletes are in line for this new generation of smart gear, too. At the expo, Joyce Chow, the creative director of design and brand development for Toronto-based Myant, was demonstrating the company’s fitness wear prototypes. “We believe that textiles are the best and the most natural solution to be next to skin,” she said, and can be used for preventing and rehabbing injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She held aloft a windbreaker for urban runners and cyclists; it has an electroluminescent strip, as thin and rubbery as a vinyl window decal, embedded along the spine. In the current design, the strip simply lights up to make the user visible to traffic, but in future versions, she said, wearers will be able to program its flashing pattern to signal their turning direction or heart rate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_183898\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-183898\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/Myant3-600x600.jpg\" alt=\"Myant wearable tech jacket\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/Myant3-600x600.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/Myant3-400x400.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/Myant3-768x768.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/Myant3-1180x1180.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/Myant3-1920x1920.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/Myant3-960x960.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/Myant3-32x32.jpg 32w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/Myant3-50x50.jpg 50w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/Myant3-64x64.jpg 64w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/Myant3-96x96.jpg 96w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/Myant3-128x128.jpg 128w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/Myant3-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Myant wearable tech jacket \u003ccite>(Myant)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Myant is also working on distributing sensors throughout a garment, like a compression knee sock embedded with electroactive polymer sensors; these measure deformation and can be used to monitor swelling for people with conditions like diabetes. Chow also showed off a gray tank top woven with conductive yarn that can measure breathing volume and electrocardiography; next to it was a bike shirt that shimmered metalically thanks to heat patches knitted into strategic spots to provide a gentle warmth to the wearer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And CEO John Ralson of Seattle’s X2 Biosystems spoke about using wearable sensors to prevent head injuries for young athletes. His company is developing two kinds of sensors: One worn as a mouth guard fitted to the upper teeth and one that sticks to the bony area behind the ear. These monitor the buildup and distribution of impact forces that rattle the brain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of the company’s research has been conducted in collaboration with UC Santa Barbara and Stanford University, measuring head trauma in college sports like soccer and mixed martial arts. Ralston said the company hopes to use its accumulated data to create a “neuro-trauma dosimeter,” or a device “that tells you when it’s time to get off the field,” the same way a radiation tracker would tell you when you’ve had too much exposure.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While it may seem sci-fi indeed to imagine athletes instantly transmitting their data through the ether, Zok said wearables are just the next evolutionary step for an industry that has always sought to give players a competitive edge through better gear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If you have a good running shoe, you are at an advantage,” Zok said. “If you have got ski goggles that don’t go foggy on you, you are at an advantage.” And if you’re Iron Man, maybe you have a big enough advantage to take home the gold.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Technology has long been integrated into sports training, in everything from nutrition to physiology. But as recently as the year 2000, Zok pointed out, most high-tech performance analysis took place in an environment unnatural to the athlete: the lab.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Having an Olympian jog on a treadmill just isn’t the same as having her sprint on a track or whoosh down a mountain. And, Zok added, it took days to compile the old data into spreadsheets, which didn't help athletes make immediate corrections during training or game play.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_183278\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 442px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-183278\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/usoc-442x600.jpg\" alt=\"Paralympic judo athlete, training for the 2016 Olympics in Rio. \" width=\"442\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/usoc-442x600.jpg 442w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/usoc-400x543.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/usoc-768x1042.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/usoc-869x1180.jpg 869w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/usoc-1180x1601.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/usoc-960x1303.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/usoc.jpg 1509w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paralympic judo athlete, training for the 2016 Olympics in Rio. \u003ccite>(Jeff Cable Photography)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>This year, many Olympians are training using sensors that instantly port performance metrics to a coach’s tablet device. This gives the coach a kind of dashboard, displaying each team member’s stats as well as their historical performance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zok believes that being able to match their metrics to their visceral experience will help athletes learn faster. If an athlete knows, for example, the ideal angle at which her body should enter the water or the perfect rotational speed for her spin, she can check her stats after each dive, or dismount, and match the data against how the move felt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In gymnastics, said Zok, “we have almost come up with a digital code of what makes the gold medal,” a set of figures that describes a perfect 10 performance. “Imagine having that milestone for each and every Olympic athlete, specifically when they are very young, so that they have that fixed North Star.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Wearable Tech is Changing the NFL\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Olympians aren’t the only elite athletes trying out wearable sensors. Dan Waters of San Jose-based Zebra Technologies spoke about the tracking devices NFL players wore during the 2015 season, which relayed to their coaches real-time information about their location, speed and distance traveled. Zebra’s RFID chips, worn under players’ shoulder pads, pulsed information 25 times per second to receivers mounted inside each stadium.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_183837\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-183837\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/SHOULDER_PADS_BLACK-800x547.jpg\" alt=\"NFL shoulder pad sensors\" width=\"800\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/SHOULDER_PADS_BLACK-800x547.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/SHOULDER_PADS_BLACK-400x273.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/SHOULDER_PADS_BLACK-768x525.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/SHOULDER_PADS_BLACK-1180x806.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/SHOULDER_PADS_BLACK-960x656.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2016/06/SHOULDER_PADS_BLACK.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">NFL shoulder pad \u003ccite>(Zebra Technologies)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’re translating the physical player into digital information that could be acted upon in real time by coaches,” said Waters. This, he said, could help coaches prevent injuries. Suppose, said Waters, “you have a wide receiver who has already run 6 miles in a game. Well, it might be good to rest that player, for example, before they pull a hamstring.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Waters’ company has also worked with Big 10, Pac 12 and Southeastern Conference schools. At the moment, NFL teams have elected to receive only their own players’ data, but Waters points out that these measurements, if shared, could ultimately effect recruiting, “allowing for the more thorough and efficient identification of player alignment and tendencies; both of which will contribute greatly to scouting and coaching efforts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.5\">Zok credits the proliferation of smartphones with driving down the cost of parts—accelerometers, magnetometers, GPS devices—and enabling today’s boom in wearable sports technology. And improvements in transmission range has allowed sports scientists to finally ditch the cables that once attached computer to electrode.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Next Gen Smart Gear\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The next wave of wearables will be smaller still, as the industry moves away from hard plastic sensors like heart rate monitors that strap to the chest or smart bands that encircle the wrist. Sports gear will likely make use of ever more lightweight “smart tattoos,” or flexible electronics that stick on like bandages, and “smart clothing” that has conductive or sensing fibers woven directly into the fabric. With these, Zok said, “We can finally exploit all the real estate that we have on our bodies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Recreational and student athletes are in line for this new generation of smart gear, too. At the expo, Joyce Chow, the creative director of design and brand development for Toronto-based Myant, was demonstrating the company’s fitness wear prototypes. “We believe that textiles are the best and the most natural solution to be next to skin,” she said, and can be used for preventing and rehabbing injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>She held aloft a windbreaker for urban runners and cyclists; it has an electroluminescent strip, as thin and rubbery as a vinyl window decal, embedded along the spine. 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"content": "\u003cp>Forget the bundle of socks for your mom, and that “not quite right” gift for your significant other. This year you can get tech savvy, with a plethora of new wearables. While new connected devices abound, we offer our guide to holiday wearables with a nod to realism: one must question whether wearables will end up like parachute pants—an odd relic from yesteryear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 2014 report from Endeavor Partners found half of the U.S. consumers who bought a wearable in 2013 no longer use it and 33 percent stopped using it within six months. The key to creating a successful wearable, the reoprt says, is meaningful impact. Products that just track behaviors will ultimately fail; those most likely to succeed will be devices that inspire action and help users make positive change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>With that in mind, here’s our list of inspiring and lesser-known devices for a wide range of people on your gift list.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>The Dash: Smart Headphones\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who wants them:\u003c/strong> Your favorite runner and/or fist bumper\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_77135\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/12/Bragi.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-77135\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/12/Bragi-800x470.jpg\" alt=\"The Dash aren’t headphones, they’re “hearables.”\" width=\"800\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/12/Bragi-800x470.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/12/Bragi-400x235.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/12/Bragi-1180x693.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/12/Bragi-960x564.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/12/Bragi.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Dash aren’t headphones, they’re “hearables.” \u003ccite>(Bragi)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Why they’re cool:\u003c/strong> These wireless headphones from Bragi are still under pre-order, but athletes and music lovers will be running for this three-in-one “hearable:” a music player, a fitness tracker and a touchpad on the earpiece that allows you to control the audio.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The earbuds connect to your phone via Bluetooth for audio streaming and have 3.5 GB of storage for music or podcasts, with three hours of battery life. Users can also adjust the headphones to block or let in the sounds of their ambient environment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Dash measure and record steps, distance, heart rate and oxygen saturation through a set of motion sensors, plus two tiny LEDs that emit light into the capillaries of the skin of the ear. The earbuds also provide real-time acoustic feedback of your progress and are easy to interact with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Deets:\u003c/strong> Pre-orders are available for $299 and include a charging case. The Dash work with iOS, Windows and Android devices.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Game Golf\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who wants this:\u003c/strong> The avid golfer and statistician\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_77132\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 759px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/12/game-golf.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/12/game-golf-759x600.jpg\" alt=\"This GPS tracking system keeps tabs on golf balls and provides insight on your swing.\" width=\"759\" height=\"600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-77132\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/12/game-golf-759x600.jpg 759w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/12/game-golf-400x316.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/12/game-golf-1180x933.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/12/game-golf-960x759.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/12/game-golf.jpg 1345w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 759px) 100vw, 759px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This GPS tracking system (in holiday red!) keeps tabs on golf balls and provides insight on your swing. \u003ccite>(Game Golf)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Why it’s cool:\u003c/strong> Game Golf is a digital tracking system that attaches to the top of each golf club and at a player’s waist to record every shot and provide real-time tracking. A GPS and chip reader inside the body-worn device notes which club is in use and where the ball has landed. It also tracks your stats, fairway accuracy, scrambling percentages, shot dispersion for all clubs and yardages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Deets:\u003c/strong> With a variety of devices beginning at $99, Game Golf is a relatively inexpensive addition to your golf bag.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>June\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who wants this:\u003c/strong> Your sun worshipper\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Why it’s cool:\u003c/strong> Bridging the gap of fashion and function, this diamond-inspired bracelet monitors UV exposure and gives users advice on how to best to protect themselves against various UV levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>June coordinates with your time zone to awake at sunrise and records activity to automatically detect if you’re indoors our outside. The bracelet takes into account your skin type to prescribe a daily “sun dose,” then sends you a smartphone notification when you’ve had too much fun in the sun.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Deets:\u003c/strong> June is fit for fashionistas at $129 in three colors.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Lumo Lift Posture Monitor\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who wants this:\u003c/strong> The slouch who wants to shape up\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_77136\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/12/LumoLift.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-77136\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/12/LumoLift-800x419.jpg\" alt=\"This small wearable, seen attached at the shoulder strap, is also designed for runners.\" width=\"800\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/12/LumoLift-800x419.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/12/LumoLift-400x209.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/12/LumoLift-1180x618.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/12/LumoLift-960x502.jpg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/12/LumoLift.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This small wearable, seen attached at the shoulder strap, is also designed for runners. \u003ccite>(Lumo Lift)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Why it’s cool:\u003c/strong> This small activity tracker is the equivalent of your mother nudging you to sit up straight. Users assume their best posture, then clip Lumo onto their shirt to calibrate; the sensor will vibrate when you slouch to encourage a better back. The wearable will not only track your posture on an iOS and Android app, but will monitor steps taken, distance travelled and calories burned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Deets:\u003c/strong> At $79.99 and with five days’ battery life, Lumo may be the most practical and easy-to-use wearable on holiday lists this year. It’s also a great starter wearable for the skeptics in your life.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Looncup\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who wants this:\u003c/strong> Empowered women\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_77196\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/12/cup1.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-77196\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/12/cup1-800x533.jpg\" alt=\"The Looncup pairs with your phone to track your menstrual cycle.\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/12/cup1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/12/cup1-400x267.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/12/cup1-1180x786.jpg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/12/cup1-1920x1279.jpg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/12/cup1-960x640.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Looncup pairs with your phone to track your menstrual cycle. \u003ccite>(Loon Lab)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Why it’s cool:\u003c/strong> Looncup is a menstrual cup that substitutes for tampons or pads, and links with your smartphone to track your cycle The cup builds on a growing number of period-tracking apps with an embedded sensor that measures volume, detects color and alerts wearers when it’s time to refresh. Minute changes in the amount or color of menstrual blood could mean something is wrong. Looncup uses this information to analyze menstruation and suggest when a doctor’s appointment might be necessary.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Deets:\u003c/strong> The cup’s creator, Loon Labs, recently concluded a Kickstarter campaign and is working out shipping times. The Looncup is available for pre-order and will run about $70 retail.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>Skully Helmet\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Who wants this:\u003c/strong> Your favorite gearhead\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_77137\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/12/skully-breakdown.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-77137\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/12/skully-breakdown-800x447.png\" alt=\"A diagram of the technology inside the Skully helmet.\" width=\"800\" height=\"447\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/12/skully-breakdown-800x447.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/12/skully-breakdown-400x224.png 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/12/skully-breakdown-960x536.png 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/12/skully-breakdown.png 1106w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A diagram of the technology inside the Skully helmet. \u003ccite>(Skully)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Why it’s cool:\u003c/strong> Motorcycles can be dangerous – and that’s part of the fun of two wheels — Skully is attempting to make riders safer with an augmented reality helmet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An integrated heads-up-display system provides critical information in a rider’s line of sight and also offers a visual GPS. Skully offers “situational awareness” with an ultra-wide angle rear view camera, blind spot camera and integrated audio components for hands-free calling and directions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Deets:\u003c/strong> Skully is shipping to Indiegogo backers but, at $1,499, this may be an investment for only the most advanced motorcyclists. If you’re an ATGATT rider (all the gear, all the time) with cash and rubber to burn, this should be on the tip-top of your wish list.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Users assume their best posture, then clip Lumo onto their shirt to calibrate; the sensor will vibrate when you slouch to encourage a better back. The wearable will not only track your posture on an iOS and Android app, but will monitor steps taken, distance travelled and calories burned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Deets:\u003c/strong> At $79.99 and with five days’ battery life, Lumo may be the most practical and easy-to-use wearable on holiday lists this year. 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"content": "\u003cp>Paternity tests are powerful but not perfect. They can sometimes give results that make a man look like he isn’t the father of the child even when he is.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For the past six months I have been working with a Washington couple trying to solve this question. They had used a fertility clinic and found through DNA testing that the child was unrelated to the dad. Since I write a column called, “\u003ca href=\"http://genetics.thetech.org/ask-a-geneticist\">Ask a Geneticist\u003c/a>”, they wrote me to get some clarification on the test results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Normally this would be chalked up to a mix up at the clinic but that didn’t really seem possible in this case. This is why I had the man \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/2015/03/09/powerful-genetic-test-prevents-paternity-mix-up/\">take a second, more powerful test\u003c/a> from \u003ca href=\"https://www.23andme.com/\">23andMe\u003c/a>. The results showed that he was probably the child’s uncle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This didn’t really make sense either. Which led to the idea that he might be a chimera.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_60139\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/Chimera500.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-60139\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/Chimera500.jpg\" alt=\"A chimera starts out as fraternal twins. These twins then fuse together and become one person. (Brianne Kirkpatrick)\" width=\"500\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/Chimera500.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/Chimera500-400x308.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A chimera starts out as fraternal twins. These twins then fuse together and become one person. (\u003ca href=\"http://www.WatershedDNA.com\">Brianne Kirkpatrick\u003c/a>)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Chimeras start out as fraternal twins. One egg is fertilized by one sperm and a second egg is fertilized by a second sperm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But instead of growing separately into twins, the two embryos fuse together to form a chimera—a single person with two sets of DNA. Some of his cells have DNA from one twin and the rest have DNA from the other twin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This would explain why he looked like an uncle in the test—his twin brother provided the DNA for his child. Great idea but we needed more than his DNA looking like the child’s uncle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This is where genetic counselor Kayla Sheets of \u003ca href=\"http://www.vibrantgene.com\">Vibrant Gene Consulting\u003c/a> and Dr. Michael Baird of \u003ca href=\"http://www.dnacenter.com\">DNA Diagnostics Center\u003c/a> come in. Together we can now show that the father was indeed a chimera. All we had to do was look at the DNA in his sperm cells.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Two Sets of DNA, One Man\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While companies like 23andMe and \u003ca href=\"http://dna.ancestry.com/\">AncestryDNA\u003c/a> offer powerful relationship testing as part of their services, they only look at the DNA in your spit. This is why we turned to the DNA Diagnostic Center to look at the DNA in this man’s sperm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When we took a close look, we could see two sets of DNA there. Around 90% of the sperm cells had DNA that matched the DNA in his cheek cells. We’ll call this Twin 1.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The other 10% of his sperm had DNA that was clearly related to the first but different. This was Twin 2’s DNA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Comparing the child’s DNA to Twin 2’s DNA showed a father/child relationship. So mom’s egg was fertilized by a sperm that had the DNA of Twin 2. In the end, the man was both father and uncle to the child!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To make things even more interesting, the couple also has another child who matches Twin 1. So one child was fathered by Twin 1 and the other by Twin 2. Except that Twins 1 and 2 are the same man. Is genetics cool or what?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>He Is Not Alone\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are more chimeras roaming the streets than you might think.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, anyone who has had a bone marrow transplant is a chimera. Their blood cells have the DNA of the donor while the rest of their cells have their original DNA. Except it isn’t as simple as that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_60162\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/BoneMarrowTransplant500.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-60162\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/BoneMarrowTransplant500.jpg\" alt=\"People who get a bone marrow transplants are chimeras too. (Wikimedia Commons)\" width=\"500\" height=\"762\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/BoneMarrowTransplant500.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/BoneMarrowTransplant500-400x610.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/BoneMarrowTransplant500-394x600.jpg 394w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People who get a bone marrow transplants are chimeras too. (\u003ca href=\"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/US_Navy_021204-N-0696M-171_Surgical_technician_Amina_Sherali_places_recently_transfused_bone_marrow_from_Aviation_Electronics_Technician_1st_Class_Michael_Griffioen_into_a_sterile_bag_in_preparation_for_transplant.jpg\">Wikimedia Commons\u003c/a>)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sometimes when a company does a genetic test using cheek cells, they can see the donor DNA there too. In other words, the DNA from this man-made chimera can influence genetic tests too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As stem cell treatments other than bone marrow transplants become more commonplace, more and more of us will be chimeras. And sometimes this may affect a genetic test.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Luckily reputable DNA testing companies ask if you’ve had a bone marrow transplant before doing any testing. 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In the end, the man was both father and uncle to the child!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To make things even more interesting, the couple also has another child who matches Twin 1. So one child was fathered by Twin 1 and the other by Twin 2. Except that Twins 1 and 2 are the same man. Is genetics cool or what?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>He Is Not Alone\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are more chimeras roaming the streets than you might think.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, anyone who has had a bone marrow transplant is a chimera. Their blood cells have the DNA of the donor while the rest of their cells have their original DNA. Except it isn’t as simple as that.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_60162\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 500px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/BoneMarrowTransplant500.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-60162\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/BoneMarrowTransplant500.jpg\" alt=\"People who get a bone marrow transplants are chimeras too. (Wikimedia Commons)\" width=\"500\" height=\"762\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/BoneMarrowTransplant500.jpg 500w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/BoneMarrowTransplant500-400x610.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/10/BoneMarrowTransplant500-394x600.jpg 394w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">People who get a bone marrow transplants are chimeras too. (\u003ca href=\"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/US_Navy_021204-N-0696M-171_Surgical_technician_Amina_Sherali_places_recently_transfused_bone_marrow_from_Aviation_Electronics_Technician_1st_Class_Michael_Griffioen_into_a_sterile_bag_in_preparation_for_transplant.jpg\">Wikimedia Commons\u003c/a>)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Sometimes when a company does a genetic test using cheek cells, they can see the donor DNA there too. In other words, the DNA from this man-made chimera can influence genetic tests too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As stem cell treatments other than bone marrow transplants become more commonplace, more and more of us will be chimeras. And sometimes this may affect a genetic test.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Luckily reputable DNA testing companies ask if you’ve had a bone marrow transplant before doing any testing. But that doesn’t help the “natural” chimeras out there like our dad/uncle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There was no procedure that could be reported that caused it. He was just born that way!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We still don’t have a good idea about how many more people like him are out there. There have been around 100 or so reported cases but no one knows how many there really are.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>All of these 100 have been found by chance—scientists just stumbled on them. There may be many, many more out there. We simply don’t know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What we do know is that many pregnancies start out as twins but end up ultimately as singletons. Some people estimate that these “vanishing twin” pregnancies may make up as many as 1 in 8 pregnancies. If even a fraction result in chimeras, there are a whole lot more of them out there!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And they could be getting wrong DNA test results. 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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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"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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"content": "\u003cp>Doctors around the world who want to be at the forefront of medicine have many more tools today than they had 20 years ago. Technology and research have come a long way, and primary care is a testing ground for innovative models that embrace these advancements.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While many doctors still practice medicine in an analog world, others are grabbing hold of digital tools to empower their patients and improve human health. These avant-garde clinicians are challenging the assumptions of their predecessors, and bringing medicine into the 21st century.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">\"We are moving toward a world where it is not your doctor's job to 'fix' you.\"\u003ccite>Dr. Robin Berzin, Parsley Health\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>During the early 1990s, before the Web, mobile, sensor and consumer genomics revolutions made today’s era of digital health advancements possible, “sick care” was at its zenith. For decades, much of the focus of healthcare has emphasized the reactive treatment of acute ailments instead of the proactive focus on wellness. Communication between patients and their providers at this time didn’t have the connected devices and smart tools available today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Moreover, the process of care delivery (especially in the West) is based on a fragmented system of providers who often don’t collaborate or have access to data to give them an integrated understanding of each patient’s whole-health continuum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_17006\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 399px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/07/Patient-using-MedTep-platform.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-17006\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/07/Patient-using-MedTep-platform-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"Patients can use the MedTep engagement platform in Spanish and English.\" width=\"399\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/07/Patient-using-MedTep-platform-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/07/Patient-using-MedTep-platform-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/07/Patient-using-MedTep-platform-1180x885.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/07/Patient-using-MedTep-platform-1400x1050.jpg 1400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/07/Patient-using-MedTep-platform-960x720.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/07/Patient-using-MedTep-platform.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Patients can use the MedTep engagement platform in Spanish and English. \u003ccite>(MedTep)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In recent years, research on genomics, the microbiome, brain science and the immune system has changed our understanding of human biology. The quantified-self movement taught us how minute changes in diet or daily activity over time can have lasting impacts—both on gross biology (such as liver or cardiac health) and also on more subtle predictors of health (such as immune health and microbiome activity). And new communications platforms are making it possible to connect the dots, not only between patient and clinician, but also between all those involved in the process of providing care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, many doctors are rethinking this fragmented approach to caring for their patients by combining advanced technology and diagnostic platforms, an integrated philosophy and a holistic approach that focuses much more on lifestyle development. Most significantly, the patient is a key player in driving the process. Dr. Robin Berzin, founder of \u003ca href=\"http://parsleyhealth.co/\">Parsley Health\u003c/a>, is one of these pioneering practitioners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are moving toward a world where it is not your doctor’s job to ‘fix’ you,” Berzin said. “Instead, doctors and patients are coming together to generate health rather than treat illness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_17007\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 461px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/07/image1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-17007\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/07/image1-800x450.jpg\" alt=\"Unity Stoakes interviews Dr. Douglas Wood, Medical Director of the Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation, about the future of healthcare.\" width=\"461\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/07/image1-800x450.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/07/image1-400x225.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/07/image1-960x541.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/07/image1.jpg 1023w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Unity Stoakes interviews Dr. Douglas Wood, Medical Director of the Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation, about the future of healthcare. \u003ccite>(StartUp Health)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At \u003ca href=\"http://www.startuphealth.com/\">StartUp Health\u003c/a>, a global network fostering innovation in digital health, I’ve had the opportunity to meet hundreds of bright minds like Dr. Berzin, who are thinking differently about the practice of medicine. I have identified five practices clinicians should be pursuing to keep pace with today’s innovations, and that patients should be demanding from their doctors:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Digital Integration\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cp>Today, streams of data are swirling around us. There’s data streaming from your FitBit or Apple Watch, there are notes from your recent doctor’s visit, and there are past medical records. But too few doctors are integrating this data and helping you access it. Forward-thinking doctors are not only making it simpler for you to get your data but also interacting with patients through online “platforms,” or patient portals. These shouldn’t be complicated electronic health records; the best platforms are as intuitive as your mobile banking app. They allow patients to track their medical records and communicate with their doctor through secure email or chat. Keeping all this information in one place helps patients take control over their data and, more importantly, spot important personal health trends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Analyzing More Data, Not Less\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cp>Unfortunately, many doctors still shun the idea that more data is better—often for logical reasons like the rate of false-positives, the cost of diagnostics or their lack of knowledge about how the data could be useful. These providers may be wary of genetic testing, for example, because the information may cause unnecessary stress. They may be cautious about quantifying the microbiome because the analytics systems have not been perfected. But costs are coming down rapidly for new types of diagnostics, and analytics are quickly becoming elegant enough to weed out the false alarms and spot patterns in the chaos. Many people find that knowing about a genetic marker or a certain biometric pattern can help them better understand their health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Functional Medicine \u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cp>The concept of “functional medicine” is something Dr. Berzin is executing with her health services at Parsley Health. It’s the simple idea that doctors should be focused on disease prevention rather than triaging patients after they have already become ill. This concept is not just a grassroots movement. Cleveland Clinic, one of the nation’s largest healthcare and research centers, recently founded a \u003ca href=\"http://my.clevelandclinic.org/services/center-for-functional-medicine\">Center for Functional Medicine\u003c/a>. And \u003ca href=\"https://www.functionalmedicine.org/files/library/evidence.pdf\">Research shows\u003c/a> people live longer, healthier lives when they integrate meditation, exercise and proper diet—not just take medications. The best practitioners are treating you holistically, as your doctor and your life coach, helping you achieve all health goals, whether they're traditionally “medical,” or fall under the purview of emotional and lifestyle support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Care Anywhere\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cp>Most of your health happens outside the hospital, as you’re living life. Tragically, a patient’s first experience with the healthcare system is usually after it’s too late—after a stroke, hypoglycemic attack or late-stage cancer, for example. “We need to shift the focus of care out of the hospital and into the community,” Dr. Berzin says. A savvy doctor should be able to bring care into your home, instead of making you trek to a hospital or clinic. Sometimes, they can do this via telemedicine solutions like video conferencing. Harkening back to the mid-19th century, a new brand of doctors is out making house calls. A company called \u003ca href=\"https://www.medicast.com/\">Medicast\u003c/a> is helping doctors and hospitals coordinate the logistics of house visits. Companies like \u003ca href=\"http://carepredict.com/\">CarePredict\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.mylively.com/\">Lively\u003c/a> are developing devices that can track patients’ health in the home. \u003cem>(Disclaimer: Medicast and CarePredict are StartUp Health portfolio companies.)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Team-Based Care\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cp>Your doctor shouldn’t be the only person directly involved in your care. Instead, you could have an entire team of experts, including patient advocates, nurses, wellness coaches, chiropractors, acupuncturists, nutritionist, lifestyle coaches and financial advisors. Instead of bombarding you with advice separately, this team comes together to craft a care plan that’s specifically suited to you. 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Forward-thinking doctors are not only making it simpler for you to get your data but also interacting with patients through online “platforms,” or patient portals. These shouldn’t be complicated electronic health records; the best platforms are as intuitive as your mobile banking app. They allow patients to track their medical records and communicate with their doctor through secure email or chat. Keeping all this information in one place helps patients take control over their data and, more importantly, spot important personal health trends.\u003c/p>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Analyzing More Data, Not Less\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cp>Unfortunately, many doctors still shun the idea that more data is better—often for logical reasons like the rate of false-positives, the cost of diagnostics or their lack of knowledge about how the data could be useful. These providers may be wary of genetic testing, for example, because the information may cause unnecessary stress. They may be cautious about quantifying the microbiome because the analytics systems have not been perfected. But costs are coming down rapidly for new types of diagnostics, and analytics are quickly becoming elegant enough to weed out the false alarms and spot patterns in the chaos. Many people find that knowing about a genetic marker or a certain biometric pattern can help them better understand their health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Functional Medicine \u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cp>The concept of “functional medicine” is something Dr. Berzin is executing with her health services at Parsley Health. It’s the simple idea that doctors should be focused on disease prevention rather than triaging patients after they have already become ill. This concept is not just a grassroots movement. Cleveland Clinic, one of the nation’s largest healthcare and research centers, recently founded a \u003ca href=\"http://my.clevelandclinic.org/services/center-for-functional-medicine\">Center for Functional Medicine\u003c/a>. And \u003ca href=\"https://www.functionalmedicine.org/files/library/evidence.pdf\">Research shows\u003c/a> people live longer, healthier lives when they integrate meditation, exercise and proper diet—not just take medications. The best practitioners are treating you holistically, as your doctor and your life coach, helping you achieve all health goals, whether they're traditionally “medical,” or fall under the purview of emotional and lifestyle support.\u003c/p>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Care Anywhere\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cp>Most of your health happens outside the hospital, as you’re living life. Tragically, a patient’s first experience with the healthcare system is usually after it’s too late—after a stroke, hypoglycemic attack or late-stage cancer, for example. “We need to shift the focus of care out of the hospital and into the community,” Dr. Berzin says. A savvy doctor should be able to bring care into your home, instead of making you trek to a hospital or clinic. Sometimes, they can do this via telemedicine solutions like video conferencing. Harkening back to the mid-19th century, a new brand of doctors is out making house calls. A company called \u003ca href=\"https://www.medicast.com/\">Medicast\u003c/a> is helping doctors and hospitals coordinate the logistics of house visits. Companies like \u003ca href=\"http://carepredict.com/\">CarePredict\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.mylively.com/\">Lively\u003c/a> are developing devices that can track patients’ health in the home. \u003cem>(Disclaimer: Medicast and CarePredict are StartUp Health portfolio companies.)\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Team-Based Care\u003c/strong>\u003c/li>\n\u003cp>Your doctor shouldn’t be the only person directly involved in your care. Instead, you could have an entire team of experts, including patient advocates, nurses, wellness coaches, chiropractors, acupuncturists, nutritionist, lifestyle coaches and financial advisors. Instead of bombarding you with advice separately, this team comes together to craft a care plan that’s specifically suited to you. Most importantly YOU should be the key member of the team. Team-based care is not a new concept. In fact, the World Health Organization and the Institutes of Medicine both emphasize team-based care \u003ca href=\"http://www.ihi.org/communities/blogs/_layouts/ihi/community/blog/itemview.aspx?List=0f316db6-7f8a-430f-a63a-ed7602d1366a&ID=29\">in their recommendations for primary care doctors\u003c/a>. Yet realistically speaking, the practical execution of team-based care at scale is only recently becoming possible, as a result of new digital solutions, and data and communications platforms connecting everyone involved.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Unity Stoakes is cofounder and president of StartUp Health, a health innovation company with more than 100 digital health and wellness companies in its portfolio. Learn more at \u003ca href=\"http://www.startuphealth.com/\">www.startuphealth.com\u003c/a> or @startuphealth.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/ul>\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>A new baby usually ushers in a period of sleeplessness and joy in roughly equal measure, but sometimes pregnancy and birth also usher in a period of anxiety and depression.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An academic study of 10,000 mothers in Pittsburgh, the \u003ca href=\"http://archpsyc.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1666651\">largest study on this topic to date\u003c/a>, found 14 percent of them suffered from postpartum depression in the year after birth. For some women, the struggle actually starts to emerge while they are pregnant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Prenatal and postnatal depression are \u003ca href=\"http://www.webmd.com/depression/features/postpartum\">two elements in a “constellation”\u003c/a> of mood disorders that affect women during the perinatal period, which spans through pregnancy and up to a year after. Estimates for perinatal mood disorders vary because it is widely underreported -- \u003ca href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2684038/#bib3\">more than half of cases go undetected and undiagnosed\u003c/a>. This is much more serious than the “baby blues,” which is a result of normal hormonal changes and can affect \u003ca href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2684038/\">80 percent of women\u003c/a> in the days immediately following childbirth.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">“These women continue to suffer, most in silence and bewilderment, about the pathology of their condition, a condition which is treatable and possibly even preventable.”\u003ccite>Sara Thurgood, Daniel Avery\u003cbr>\nand Lloyda Williamson\u003cbr>\nAmerican Journal of Clinical Medicine\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>In fact, one study found mental health conditions tied with urinary tract infections as \u003ca href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/Depression/PDFs/Mental_Health_Women_Repo_Age.pdf\">one of the top three\u003c/a> types of maternal complications during pregnancy. Another study found postpartum depression is the \u003ca href=\"http://www.aapsus.org/articles/11.pdf\">most common complication\u003c/a> of childbirth. And yet, a compilation of studies indicate that just \u003ca href=\"http://www.readcube.com/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1523-536X.2006.00130.x?r3_referer=wol&tracking_action=preview_click&show_checkout=1&purchase_referrer=onlinelibrary.wiley.com&purchase_site_license=LICENSE_DENIED_NO_CUSTOMER\">15 percent of women\u003c/a> with perinatal mood disorders receive treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Why do so few women get the help and support they need? The overwhelming reason is fear of being stigmatized as an “unhappy” or “bad” mother.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They may minimize their symptoms or attribute them to feeling overwhelmed by the demands of a new baby, lack of sleep, or difficult infant temperament,” \u003ca href=\"http://www.aapsus.org/articles/11.pdf\">write Sara Thurgood, Daniel Avery and Lloyda Williamson\u003c/a>, in the \u003ca href=\"http://www.aapsus.org/journals\">American Journal of Clinical Medicine\u003c/a>. “These women continue to suffer, most in silence and bewilderment, about the pathology of their condition, a condition which is treatable and possibly even preventable.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Maybe Help Could Be, Literally, At Hand\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco-based \u003ca href=\"https://ginger.io/\">Ginger.io\u003c/a> is a mobile startup seeking to help women by connecting them with medical support when they need it. The perinatal depression app is intended to help users and health care providers identify the difference between normal mood fluctuations and anxieties, and times when intervention and/or treatment is needed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The app collects sensor data and self-reported information for factors such as how much you move around, eat, sleep and talk with people. Then it creates a map of your behavior patterns. When it notices significant changes that indicate perinatal depression or anxiety, the app notifies your care provider who can then reach out with support. In addition, Ginger.io makes it easy for women who are pregnant or recently had a baby to create a log of their behavior and emotions, so they have tangible data to share with during doctor visits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company emerged out of the MIT Media Lab in 2010 with the broad goal of using smartphones to improve mental health care. It has since formed partnerships with more than 30 institutions across the country, including eight of the top academic medical centers in the U.S..\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ginger.io’s perinatal depression program is currently being piloted with three major health systems -- Novant Health in North Carolina, the University of Pennsylvania and a California system the company hasn’t named.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Identifying Perinatal Depression\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So often things fall through the cracks,” said Naomi Kincler, Ginger.io’s Head of Customer Success who helped implement the program at Novant. “Even in pregnancy, when you are coming in regularly for visits, a lot that can still happen in between, and the usual visit with a doctor is no more than 15 minutes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13081\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 504px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/07/cdc-chart.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-13081\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/07/cdc-chart.jpg\" alt=\"Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\" width=\"504\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/07/cdc-chart.jpg 728w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/07/cdc-chart-400x162.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kincler shared the story of a patient with a history of depression, who stopped taking her antidepressant for fear it would harm the baby. Ginger.io triggered an alert to her doctor, noting elevated symptoms of depression. Kincler says when the doctor reached out, the woman said she had no idea it would be so hard and she was done being pregnant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kincler said the doctor believed the woman was at risk for self-harm, and recommended she restart her antidepressants. But the following week, Ginger.io sent another alert. A triage nurse followed up and found the woman had not restarted her meds. The doctor then followed up again to reinforce the safety of taking the medication, and the woman was able to resume treatment and manage her symptoms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This story highlights the fact that visits alone don't always provide the best venue to have those discussions with the patients,” Kincler said. “The real power behind our tool is the ability to dig deep into issues, track improvement, and connect dots between visits.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nurse Birdie Gunyon Meyer backs that up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Many, many of our care providers are not asking women how they are doing emotionally,” said Meyer, coordinator of the Perinatal Mood Disorders Program at Indiana University Health, and the former President of Postpartum Support International. “They are so busy and only have so much time to see each patient. Most of our OB care providers’ offices still do not screen because it is time-consuming, and so women just don’t know where to go or who to call.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Meyer is skeptical that an app would be able to bridge this communication gap.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Care providers are very busy, and so while the app might provide great, useful information, I wonder if they would actually use it?” she said. “And many women may still be reluctant to tell the truth because they do not want to look bad to their OB/GYN. If the care provider usually doesn’t ask how they are doing, they may not feel safe saying anything. Even if they do, its important to make sure women are connected with proper social support, not just medication.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>In-App Intimacy \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The mental health of pregnant women and new moms is an extremely sensitive issue. Meyer said many women may feel uncomfortable sharing this kind of information with an app. What if the data fell into the wrong hands? Could this information be used in an unwarranted way, for example, to alert Child Protective Services, or to advertise pharmaceuticals?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kincler said Ginger.io treats patient data like a medical record, encrypting it and sharing it only with care providers. Users can also ask Ginger.io to delete their data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Being pregnant and having a newborn can be stressful. Feeling depressed or anxious can be stressful. Keeping secrets can be stressful. With perinatal mood disorders, all three of these stresses can coalesce into one, unbearable burden.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meyer says a key part of alleviating this burden is sharing one simple message: You are not alone. You are not to blame. 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The perinatal depression app is intended to help users and health care providers identify the difference between normal mood fluctuations and anxieties, and times when intervention and/or treatment is needed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The app collects sensor data and self-reported information for factors such as how much you move around, eat, sleep and talk with people. Then it creates a map of your behavior patterns. When it notices significant changes that indicate perinatal depression or anxiety, the app notifies your care provider who can then reach out with support. In addition, Ginger.io makes it easy for women who are pregnant or recently had a baby to create a log of their behavior and emotions, so they have tangible data to share with during doctor visits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company emerged out of the MIT Media Lab in 2010 with the broad goal of using smartphones to improve mental health care. It has since formed partnerships with more than 30 institutions across the country, including eight of the top academic medical centers in the U.S..\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ginger.io’s perinatal depression program is currently being piloted with three major health systems -- Novant Health in North Carolina, the University of Pennsylvania and a California system the company hasn’t named.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Identifying Perinatal Depression\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So often things fall through the cracks,” said Naomi Kincler, Ginger.io’s Head of Customer Success who helped implement the program at Novant. “Even in pregnancy, when you are coming in regularly for visits, a lot that can still happen in between, and the usual visit with a doctor is no more than 15 minutes.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_13081\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 504px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/07/cdc-chart.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-13081\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/07/cdc-chart.jpg\" alt=\"Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\" width=\"504\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/07/cdc-chart.jpg 728w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/07/cdc-chart-400x162.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Kincler shared the story of a patient with a history of depression, who stopped taking her antidepressant for fear it would harm the baby. Ginger.io triggered an alert to her doctor, noting elevated symptoms of depression. Kincler says when the doctor reached out, the woman said she had no idea it would be so hard and she was done being pregnant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kincler said the doctor believed the woman was at risk for self-harm, and recommended she restart her antidepressants. But the following week, Ginger.io sent another alert. A triage nurse followed up and found the woman had not restarted her meds. 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She recently journeyed to uptown Manhattan to remove stitches from the forehead of an elderly person who’d injured herself in a fall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I literally did it at her bedside,” Henderson says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Henderson was an emergency medicine physician for 12 years, and now works full-time for \u003ca href=\"https://pager.com/\">Pager\u003c/a>—the company produces a smartphone app that dispatches physicians right to your doorstep for a fee of $50 per visit.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">\"Why disrupt their entire day or pull them out in the cold when you can go to their bedside?\"\u003ccite>Kim Henderson, physician\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>She says the app keeps people from going to the emergency room for minor treatments. 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Several smartphone apps have emerged in the past 18 months that bring doctors and other medical professionals directly to your home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pager is currently available in New York City, but officials say it will expand to two unnamed West Coast cities this summer. \u003ca href=\"http://getheal.com/\">Heal\u003c/a>, which began in Los Angeles and has spread to San Francisco, charges a flat fee of $99 to bring doctors or pediatricians to your doorstep, for consultations of 20 to 60 minutes. \u003ca href=\"https://www.curbsidecare.co/\">Curbside Care\u003c/a> offers house calls from doctors and nurse practitioners in the Philadelphia area. 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It didn’t take long before Pager expanded to cover all five boroughs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hervey says he and his founding partners conceived of Pager to help fix what they see as a broken healthcare system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As a country, we spend \u003ca href=\"http://stats.oecd.org/index.aspx?DataSetCode=HEALTH_STAT\">more per capita on health care\u003c/a> than any other developed country,” Hervey says. “People are using emergency care as their health system.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hervey says one of Pager’s founders, Oscar Salazar, was a founder of Uber, and influenced the company’s approach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have some of that Uber DNA, where we are technology driven and there’s a direct connection between doctors and patients,” he says. “We saw a really bad experience for the consumer and decided to use technology to fix and create a better delivery of care.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Edward Ben-Alec, chief technical officer and a founder of Go2Nurse, says he and his founding partners were similarly motivated by a desire to improve the healthcare system. Go2Nurse started serving customers in September 2014, and currently operates in the Chicago and Milwaukee metro areas.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">The benefit of telemedicine is a ten-fold increase in efficiency. House calls do not have the same magnitude of efficiency.\u003ccite>Pat Basu, Doctors on Demand\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Although the original intent of Go2Nurse was to be an on-demand smartphone service for nurses, it has since evolved into a business focused primarily on case management: tasks like follow up, education and compliance. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The era of physician house calls may be returning. Several smartphone apps have emerged in the past 18 months that bring doctors and other medical professionals directly to your home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pager is currently available in New York City, but officials say it will expand to two unnamed West Coast cities this summer. \u003ca href=\"http://getheal.com/\">Heal\u003c/a>, which began in Los Angeles and has spread to San Francisco, charges a flat fee of $99 to bring doctors or pediatricians to your doorstep, for consultations of 20 to 60 minutes. \u003ca href=\"https://www.curbsidecare.co/\">Curbside Care\u003c/a> offers house calls from doctors and nurse practitioners in the Philadelphia area. And \u003ca href=\"http://www.go2nurse.com/\">Go2Nurse\u003c/a>, which operates in Chicago and Milwaukee, offers a range of services that include in-home pregnancy care.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_7199\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 445px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/06/Mom_and_Daughter_USE-THIS.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-7199\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/06/Mom_and_Daughter_USE-THIS.jpg\" alt=\"A Pager nurse makes a home visit. 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In 2010, he launched Los Angeles-based Healthvana, a service that gives patients immediate access to their lab results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patients who opt to receive their results via \u003ca href=\"https://www.healthvana.com\">Healthvana\u003c/a> receive an email instructing them to log in to the secure online portal. The time-stamped results can also be viewed through the official iPhone app or online (there is no Android or Windows mobile app).\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">“STD rates continue to be highest in young people 15-24 years of age, especially for females.\"\u003ccite>California Dept. of Public Health Study\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“So many people never get their results,” Bastani says. “Ninety-nine percent of the time that I’ve been tested for STDs and HIV—and I’ve been tested a lot—after you go to the visit they say, ‘Thanks so much for coming in today, and if you don’t hear from us within 10 days, no news is good news.’ That’s how they leave you, that’s how test results are delivered.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bastani says it’s critical for patients to get access to information in real time. “No news is not good news,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Healthvana is integrated with laboratories, so as soon as lab results are done, they are sent to the patient through the Healthvana portal. Ideally, partners will share their results with each other before sex. The app, Bastani says, is the easiest way to view a prospective partner’s verified STD negative or positive status, because very few people carry paper results with them to clubs or bars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The service can be used by people being tested for a variety of STDs, including chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis. The service also provides next-step options for treatments. Those seeking their HIV-status will receive negative results through the app, but will not receive positive results via Healthvana; Bastani hopes to soon allow HIV-positive patients to have their viral load verified.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Healthvana empowers you to make better health care decisions,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_4371\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 449px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/06/Healthvana-People2.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-4371\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/06/Healthvana-People2-1180x885.jpg\" alt=\"CEO Ramin Bastani, looking at Healthvana app, with Operations Associate Ishani Winston and COO Sean Crockett, in the company's Los Angeles office. 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(Adil Chamakh/Healthvana)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"http://www.cdph.ca.gov/Pages/NR14-061.aspx\">widely circulated 2014 report\u003c/a> from the California Department of Public Health found that in 2013 STD rates spiked; rates of newly reported gonorrhea cases rose 13 percent, and syphilis rose 18 percent, compared to 2012 levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“STD rates continue to be highest in young people 15-24 years of age, especially for females, with over 66 percent of female chlamydia cases and over 54 percent of female gonorrhea cases being in this narrow age group,” according to the study.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Jeffrey Klausner, a professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases at the \u003ca href=\"http://healthsciences.ucla.edu/\">David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA\u003c/a>, says young people under age 25 are most at risk for sexually transmitted diseases, partly because they use \"hookup\" apps like Tinder and Grindr. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the U.S. among young people, 90 percent of them get most of their information from smartphones,” Klausner says. “This is the way of the future for sexual health, because it’s private, people can be anonymous, it’s convenient.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Klausner serves as a medical advisor to Healthvana and recommends people 25 and under get tested at least once each year. People with same-sex partners should be tested four times each year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s critical with the epidemics in the U.S. with chlamydia in young adults, HIV in men who have sex with men, that we de-stigmatize testing and make it easier,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignright\">\"We are already seeing stunning results in folks accessing their STD results and accessing treatment more quickly as a result.\"\u003ccite>Whitney Engeran-Cordova, AIDS Healthcare Foundation\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>To help stem the tide, especially among young people, Healthvana recently partnered with the Los Angeles-based \u003ca href=\"http://www.aidshealth.org/#/\">AIDS Healthcare Foundation\u003c/a> (AHF) to allow their patients real-time access to their test results on their mobile phones.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re removing the stigma and barriers to getting tested. Everyone thinks about this, everybody knows the right things to do, but this makes the conversation easier,” Bastani says. “Show me your results, I’ll show you mine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2015, nearly 10,000 AIDS Healthcare Foundation patients received their test results through Healthvana; 70 percent of them accessed their records within four hours of the results being available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are excited about our collaboration with Healthvana and are already seeing stunning results in folks accessing their STD results and accessing treatment more quickly as a result,” said Whitney Engeran-Cordova, senior director of the Public Health Division at AHF, in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mike McKany, director of Public Health Division at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.aidshealth.org/archives/countries/us\">AIDS Healthcare Foundation Southern Bureau\u003c/a>, says most users are comfortable with the service and appreciate the convenience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m quite pleasantly pleased on how well it’s been received and how excited people are about it,” he says. “We’re looking at the way of the future. People will walk around with their health records on their phones, just like they have their financial data on their phones. I’m so pleased.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Adam M. Rubinstein, an Illinois-based primary care physician specializing in internal medicine and psychopharmacology, says he often treats patients suffering from anxiety and sexually transmitted diseases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think that the major benefit of the app is the immediate results back to the patient,” Rubinstein says, “because one of the major problems with STD testing is the fear and anxiety the patient experiences while waiting for their results. 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Low-income patients without access to working phones benefit from Healthvana because they can view results online, even at public libraries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Daniel Gaitan is the multimedia content producer and reporter for Life Matters Media, a nonprofit providing news and information about end of life-related issues. He's a contributor to Reuters Health and also serves as a general assignment reporter for the Kenosha News in Wisconsin. In 2013, he earned his M.A. from DePaul University in Chicago. Daniel also earned his B.A. in journalism from DePaul. In 2012, he was the proud recipient of the Carlos Hernandez Award in Meritorious Journalism.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>Update, June 17, 2015:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Planned Parenthood has launched a new app that allows California users to order confidential chlamydia and gonorrhea home test kits. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Once ordered, the test kit is sent to users by mail in discreet packaging with simple, step-by-step instructions. Users send a urine sample directly to Planned Parenthood labs and get test results privately through the app. If test results are positive, users are informed how to obtain treatment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://www.plannedparenthood.org/get-care/online-std-testing/california?utm_source=affiliatehp&utm_medium=weblink&utm_term=ppac&utm_content=homeslide&utm_campaign=ppdirect\">Planned Parenthood Direct\u003c/a> is available for free through the Android or Apple app stores, but to order the test kit costs $149. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Original Post:\u003cbr>\n\u003c/em>\u003cbr>\nRamin Bastani wants to reduce the anxiety and hassle of testing for common sexually transmitted diseases.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After being tested more than 50 times for various STDs, and often waiting weeks for results, the 39-year-old entrepreneur decided to devote himself to making the experience less awkward and easier. In 2010, he launched Los Angeles-based Healthvana, a service that gives patients immediate access to their lab results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Patients who opt to receive their results via \u003ca href=\"https://www.healthvana.com\">Healthvana\u003c/a> receive an email instructing them to log in to the secure online portal. The time-stamped results can also be viewed through the official iPhone app or online (there is no Android or Windows mobile app).\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">“STD rates continue to be highest in young people 15-24 years of age, especially for females.\"\u003ccite>California Dept. of Public Health Study\u003c/cite>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>“So many people never get their results,” Bastani says. “Ninety-nine percent of the time that I’ve been tested for STDs and HIV—and I’ve been tested a lot—after you go to the visit they say, ‘Thanks so much for coming in today, and if you don’t hear from us within 10 days, no news is good news.’ That’s how they leave you, that’s how test results are delivered.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bastani says it’s critical for patients to get access to information in real time. “No news is not good news,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Healthvana is integrated with laboratories, so as soon as lab results are done, they are sent to the patient through the Healthvana portal. Ideally, partners will share their results with each other before sex. The app, Bastani says, is the easiest way to view a prospective partner’s verified STD negative or positive status, because very few people carry paper results with them to clubs or bars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The service can be used by people being tested for a variety of STDs, including chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis. The service also provides next-step options for treatments. Those seeking their HIV-status will receive negative results through the app, but will not receive positive results via Healthvana; Bastani hopes to soon allow HIV-positive patients to have their viral load verified.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Healthvana empowers you to make better health care decisions,” he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_4371\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 449px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/06/Healthvana-People2.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-4371\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/06/Healthvana-People2-1180x885.jpg\" alt=\"CEO Ramin Bastani, looking at Healthvana app, with Operations Associate Ishani Winston and COO Sean Crockett, in the company's Los Angeles office. 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(Adil Chamakh/Healthvana)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"http://www.cdph.ca.gov/Pages/NR14-061.aspx\">widely circulated 2014 report\u003c/a> from the California Department of Public Health found that in 2013 STD rates spiked; rates of newly reported gonorrhea cases rose 13 percent, and syphilis rose 18 percent, compared to 2012 levels.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“STD rates continue to be highest in young people 15-24 years of age, especially for females, with over 66 percent of female chlamydia cases and over 54 percent of female gonorrhea cases being in this narrow age group,” according to the study.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dr. Jeffrey Klausner, a professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases at the \u003ca href=\"http://healthsciences.ucla.edu/\">David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA\u003c/a>, says young people under age 25 are most at risk for sexually transmitted diseases, partly because they use \"hookup\" apps like Tinder and Grindr. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“In the U.S. among young people, 90 percent of them get most of their information from smartphones,” Klausner says. “This is the way of the future for sexual health, because it’s private, people can be anonymous, it’s convenient.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Klausner serves as a medical advisor to Healthvana and recommends people 25 and under get tested at least once each year. 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Everyone thinks about this, everybody knows the right things to do, but this makes the conversation easier,” Bastani says. “Show me your results, I’ll show you mine.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2015, nearly 10,000 AIDS Healthcare Foundation patients received their test results through Healthvana; 70 percent of them accessed their records within four hours of the results being available.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are excited about our collaboration with Healthvana and are already seeing stunning results in folks accessing their STD results and accessing treatment more quickly as a result,” said Whitney Engeran-Cordova, senior director of the Public Health Division at AHF, in a statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mike McKany, director of Public Health Division at the \u003ca href=\"https://www.aidshealth.org/archives/countries/us\">AIDS Healthcare Foundation Southern Bureau\u003c/a>, says most users are comfortable with the service and appreciate the convenience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m quite pleasantly pleased on how well it’s been received and how excited people are about it,” he says. “We’re looking at the way of the future. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>Editors' Note: Over Memorial Day, we put out a call on Twitter and Facebook for readers to share their niggling questions about genetics using the hashtag #futureofyou. And boy, did we get some fantastic responses. Your questions ranged from wondering why \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/Element_Tim/status/603259672108359681\">spinach tasted like tinfoil \u003c/a>to the \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/hill_charlotte/status/601804082739695616\">potential of administering genetic tests to pregnant women and its possible harm\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>We passed on these questions to Dr. Barry Starr, who writes regular columns for KQED about the ever-evolving field of genetics. He's selected three to tackle this week, but will return to some of your questions in upcoming posts. \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/2015/05/22/heres-your-chance-to-ask-our-geneticist-anything/\">More on Starr and our experiment here. \u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Over to you, Barry...\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Question 1: \"What's your responsibility as spouse if you know you've a dominant trait that tends to cause disease?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_3625\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 307px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/05/Couple400.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-3625\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/05/Couple400.jpg\" alt=\"How much should they reveal to each other about their personal genetics? (Pixabay)\" width=\"307\" height=\"230\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">How much should this couple reveal to each other about their personal genetics? \u003ccite>(Pixabay)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Barry Starr: \u003c/strong>That's a very tricky\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>question! This will be a big discussion going forward as we continue to gain more and more information about our genetic make-up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As I \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/2015/05/05/a-geneticists-take-on-cheaper-tests-for-breast-and-ovarian-cancer-risk/\">wrote recently\u003c/a>, a new genetic test makes it easier than ever to see if you are at a higher risk for breast cancer. There are also diseases like Huntington’s disease that are fatal but not until later in life. Each child of a person with the gene has a 50 percent chance of having it as well. Should you notify your spouse or spouse-to-be?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After digging around the Internet, I found a fascinating \u003ca href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3152490/pdf/nihms314687.pdf\">study \u003c/a>from 2011 on what people actually do with this information in dating situations. The study involved 64 people who have dominant conditions that could either affect them or their future children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some decided not to date at all to avoid the complication. Some opted to be straight with their partner, while others didn’t share the truth about their disease risk because they were afraid of rejection. Those who kept this information under wraps struggled with when and how to bring it up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a scientist, it's difficult for me to generalize about how people should act. So I turned to my colleague, \u003ca href=\"https://www.law.stanford.edu/profile/henry-t-greely\">Hank Greely\u003c/a>, the director of the Center for Law and the Biosciences at Stanford, for a more thorough explanation:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"I don’t think you’ve got any legal responsibility unless you affirmatively misrepresented your status to your spouse and he or she relied on that misrepresentation in some way that caused harm,\" Greely told me.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To win a court case, Greely said there would likely need to be evidence that you didn't share the information. \"I think you might need a situation where the other spouse asked you something like, “So, your father has Huntington’s disease, which I’ve read puts you at 50 percent risk. 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The study involved 64 people who have dominant conditions that could either affect them or their future children.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some decided not to date at all to avoid the complication. Some opted to be straight with their partner, while others didn’t share the truth about their disease risk because they were afraid of rejection. Those who kept this information under wraps struggled with when and how to bring it up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As a scientist, it's difficult for me to generalize about how people should act. 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Have you been tested?\" Even in a situation like this, Greely isn't sure what the damages would amount to.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ethically, it's a different story. \"As an ethical matter, I think you need to reveal any serious health risks you’ve got to your partner before marriage, domestic partnership, or a decision to have kids together,\" he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>Question #2: How can my parents and I be on the shorter side but my 2 younger brothers be 6 foot tall?\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_3756\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 345px\">\u003cimg class=\" wp-image-3756\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/futureofyou/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2015/06/carly-667x600.jpg\" alt=\"Carly Severn, who asked the question, with her mother and brothers \" width=\"345\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/06/carly-667x600.jpg 667w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/06/carly-400x360.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/06/carly-1180x1061.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/06/carly-960x863.jpg 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/13/2015/06/carly.jpg 1306w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Carly Severn (who asked the question) with her mother and brothers \u003ccite>(Carly Severn )\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That's a question I'm sure a lot of folks are wondering! 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An example of this is the huge \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/01/world/tokyo-journal-the-japanese-it-seems-are-outgrowing-japan.html\">changes in the average height of the Japanese\u003c/a> since World War II. In the last 50 years, the average eleven year old in Japan has gained 5.5 inches. This is way too fast for genetics and is probably explained by better nutrition. Another possibility is that one or both of your parents are shorter than their DNA says because of poor nutrition growing up. They did not reach their height potential, but passed that potential on to your brothers. (You still got the short end of the genes.) \u003ca href=\"http://genetics.thetech.org/ask-a-geneticist/ethnic-groups-and-height\">More on the genetics of height here.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Question #3: How come I didn't have any red headed children? My husband has red hair, I have brown hair. 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