There are currently more than 20 million smart watches and more than 50 million fitness trackers sold in the market. This rise of wearable technology is just the beginning for more advanced wearables in the future. Scientists are seeing the potential of these wearables for health monitoring and they could one day help people know when they’re sick even if they don’t feel sick just yet.
Doctor Michael Snyder and his team of researchers from Stanford University School of Medicine are using wearable devices to track and monitor health in people. By the use of these wearables, the researchers want to personalize health monitoring and diagnosis in people by establishing their respective baselines or the normal values that indicate good health.
Through constant monitoring and analysis from wearables, deviations from the baselines that indicate some kind of illness in the body can be seen. Prevention or possible the cure for the upcoming illness can be provided before it becomes worse.
