“Michael J. Fox could make a major breakthrough in the monitoring and treatment of Parkinson’s disease as his foundation begins equipping patients with Intel Basis smart watches – and a specially developed app – that can track people’s movements and how they manage the condition,” Leo King reports for Forbes.
“The technology has the potential to utterly transform Parkinson’s research : patients often note how occasional doctor’s appointments do not tell the whole story as their conditions can vary widely over the course of any single day,” King reports. “Manual note taking throughout the year can also be difficult for doctors to analyze, and frustrating for the patients. Fox said last night that proper data analysis was needed to track patient health and medication response on an accurate, ongoing basis, adding that in order to achieve this, wearable smart devices should be used.”
“Intel’s involvement in using technology to help tackle Parkinson’s has been somewhat spurred on by its former CEO Andrew Grove, who, like Fox, lives with Parkinson’s,” King reports. “The Basis smart watch, which retails for $149, tracks heart rate and movement. It weighs in at 1.55 ounces, has a four-day battery life and syncs wirelessly with laptops, and with Apple iOS and Google Android mobile devices.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Arline M.” for the heads up.]
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