Researchers Develop Smartwatch That Measures Your Stress Levels
Scientists have developed a smartwatch that can measure stress levels. Health, fitness and wellness applications have been the most trending and rapidly advancing components of smartwatches. Apple, Samsung, Fitbit and others compete for the most novel ways of tracking health.
Smartwatches today can monitor sleep, heart rates, blood oxygen levels, blood pressure, and much more. In addition, some watches are specially designed for health and fitness. Known as Smart Fitness trackers or Smart Bracelets, they can be linked to phones and offer fitness-focused technology, while smartwatches provide the whole package and also act as a phone on a wrist.
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A team of researchers from UCLA developed a novel smartwatch to measure stress levels. The watch specifically monitors and measures the cortisol hormone released by humans affected by stress. The hormone is present in sweat in similar proportions to blood levels. The wearable has specialized technology to measure the hormone. The team says that measuring stress is not only a new addition to smartwatches. It can be used to warn users and help diagnose stress-related diseases.
Stress is responsible for a wide range of diseases and affections. It can affect both the body and the mind. Depression, post-traumatic stress disorder PTSD, mood swings, burn-out, Alzheimer's, can all be triggered by stress. In addition, respiratory diseases, fertility problems, weight loss or gains, heart-related disorders, high blood pressure, and gastroenteritis, no human organ is immune to prolonged exposure to stress hormones.
Cortisol is measured by doctors ordering blood exams to professional laboratories. While these exams are valuable for diagnosing
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