Any visibility as to if/when a device like a fitbit will be able to do blood pressure readings?
I feel like if that can happen, when it eventually comes out, every single person will own it. Hopefully it's possible.
I feel like if that can happen, when it eventually comes out, every single person will own it. Hopefully it's possible.
Before then, it's important to note that current home blood pressure monitoring technology is actually pretty good. There are wrist-based monitors available at your local drug store most likely for $50 or less. They're slightly bulky but they are way better than nothing.
One in three American adults have high blood pressure and it is strongly correlated with increases in death from strokes and heart attacks. Even before the monitoring technology is perfectly elegant, it's crucial that people start monitoring their blood pressure using what is currently available.
Do you know the guys over at Echo Labs? http://www.echolabs.co/
That's why I want there to be a wearable version. Heart Rate and Temperature should already be measurable on a wearable. Getting BP measurable would give us 90% of the "vitals" information we need to know how we're doing.
BP is the big one too because you can have high blood pressure and not even know it. My wife had gestational hypertension (high BP caused by pregnancy) and her BP went sky high and the whole time she felt fine.