Will Fitbit’s sleep apnea tracking actually work?
Fitbit might end up losing sleep over its next big life hack by Lauren | Aug 30, 2017, 1:45pm EDT | TheVerge.com Fitbit, the digital health company whose wristbands have become synonymous with the whole activity-tracking movement, is trying to bring its health monitoring game to the next level — by focusing on a sleep disorder that affects millions of Americans. Fitbit has said that it’s working with a combination of optical sensors and machine learning tools in its R&D labs to potentially address a condition in which people stop breathing in their sleep, called sleep apnea. Its new Ionic …
Are iPads turning babies into insomniacs? How touch screens are costing infants sleep
By KAREN D’SOUZA | kdsouza@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group | MercuryNew.com PUBLISHED: August 11, 2017 at 12:57 pm | UPDATED: August 16, 2017 at 3:53 pm Whoever coined the phrase “sleeping like a baby” certainly didn’t live in the high-tech age. Indeed, new studies show that babies are losing sleep and touch screens are to blame. Now, it’s long been known that too much staring at the screen isn’t good for any of us, but when it comes to babies, toddlers and small children in general, the lack of sleep at a crucial stage of growth may actually impair …