Physiological Data Collected from #Wearable Devices Identify and Predict Inflammatory #Bowel Disease Flares

Wearable devices capture physiological signals non-invasively and passively. Many of these parameters have been linked to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) activity. We evaluated the associative ability of several physiological metrics with IBD flares and how they change before the development of flare.MethodsParticipants throughout the United States answered daily disease activity surveys and wore an Apple… Continue reading Physiological Data Collected from #Wearable Devices Identify and Predict Inflammatory #Bowel Disease Flares

Prevalence of Critical Errors and Insufficient Peak Inspiratory Flow in Patients Hospitalized With #COPD in a Department of General Internal Medicine: A Cross-Sectional Study

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major cause of morbidity and the third leading cause of mortality worldwide.1 The pharmaceutical treatment of COPD relies mainly on the administration of medications via inhalation. However, the effectiveness of these treatments is very often hampered by the suboptimal utilization of inhalers, which may arise due to errors in… Continue reading Prevalence of Critical Errors and Insufficient Peak Inspiratory Flow in Patients Hospitalized With #COPD in a Department of General Internal Medicine: A Cross-Sectional Study

An ingestible device for #gastric electrophysiology

The ability to record high-quality electrophysiology data from the gastrointestinal tract and enteric nervous system is of use in understanding a variety of disorders and improving healthcare via early diagnosis. However, such measurements remain challenging because electrodes must be implanted surgically or worn on the skin, which results in a trade-off between signal quality and… Continue reading An ingestible device for #gastric electrophysiology