Health and fitness

News, reviews and articles about health, fitness and sports products and accessories.

Is the Welbean Heartscope a Star Trek medical tricorder for your ticker?

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I remember watching episodes of Star Trek when I was a kid and wishing I had a tricorder or a communications badge. Those types of gadgets aren’t sci-fi anymore. We already have small communicators in our pockets that can call people anywhere in the world as well as so many other things. We also have

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Relieve tension and sleep better with Relax Pro by Thync

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If you are having trouble sleeping or you’re feeling overly anxious, trying Relax Pro by Thync could be a drug-free and fairly inexpensive way to get some relief. This device stimulates your nerves to trigger a natural mechanism inside your body which signals your autonomic nervous system to allow your mind to tell your body

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Polar’s new A370 fitness tracker has 24/7 continuous heart rate tracking

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Tracking your steps and other physical activity is a great way to hold yourself accountable for your health goals, but keeping track of your heart rate throughout the day is a better measure of how well you’re progressing towards those goals. Polar’s new A370 fitness band has that feature and more.

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Ringly makes smart jewelry for those times when you want to feel pretty

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Let’s face it, fitness bands and smartwatches aren’t the most attractive accessories on the market. They usually have either a masculine or unisex style that does not blend well with fancier feminine attire. Ringly is a company who offers a more glamorous alternative to boring black silicone banded wearables.  

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Garmin’s new vivosmart 3 activity tracker counts steps and exercise reps

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In a sea of wearable fitness trackers, it’s tough to stand out when most of them can track steps, heart rate, and sleep. But Garmin has added a new trick to their latest vivosmart 3 fitness tracker. It can count strength training exercise reps and sets.

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Polar’s new M460 GPS bike computer is for serious cyclists

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The new Polar M460 GPS is an advanced bike computer that offers features for serious cyclists like power meter compatibility, power metrics, smart coaching, and Strava Live Segments that allows cyclists to see their real-time stats to help them reach their performance goals.

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Misfit introduces new Flare fitness tracker

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A few weeks ago I told you about Misfit’s Vapor smartwatch that is due this summer. Now Misfit has just announced another fitness device on the opposite end of their pricing spectrum. It’s the Misfit Flare, their new entry level wearable that tracks activity and sleep. Priced at $59.99, the Flare features a capacitive touch sensor,

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Valkee HumanCharger light therapy LED headset review

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I don’t travel across time zones that often and I don’t have Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) issues that some people get during the dreary winter months. But what I do deal with is a slight sleep deficit because I get a little less than 7 hours of sleep on weeknights.  Unfortunately, I can’t do caffeine, so

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Night Shift available now on the Mac desktop

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Apple has finally rolled out Night Shift on the newest update to macOS Sierra. Night Shift is a program that gradually removes the blue light of your display to help relieve eye strain and help you sleep better. A similar program, f.lux, has been available cross-platform for a while now, but Apple decided to include a

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This catheter-guided single chip may someday provide 3-D imaging from within your heart and blood vessels

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Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technolgy, Atlanta, Georgia and Electronics Engineering Department, Isik University, Istanbul, Turkey, developed this tiny chip (approximately 1.5 mm) on a flexible catheter (about 430 microns) that will allow heart surgeons to view a complete real-time 3-D image of heart and blood vessel blockages and allow the surgeons to attend

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Tell whether your faucet temperature is hot or cold at a glance with this LED faucet

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When several people use the same faucet, you never know what water temperature you might experience when it’s your turn. With the LightInTheBox Temperature Sensitive Single Handle Centerset LED Lavatory Faucet, you no longer have to whip your hand in and out and risk scalding your skin to see if the water might be too

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This giant “ball bearing” will soothe your aching muscles

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If you’re an athlete or you work out on a regular basis, you know what it’s like to have sore muscles. Even I get achy muscles with my lame attempts to keep in shape. Finding a way to soothe your aches and pains is important if you want to be ready to tackle the next

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Android Wear 2.0 Vapor smartwatch coming from Misfit this summer

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We’ve been covering Misfit fitness tracking wearable devices since the original Misfit Shine that I reviewed back in 2013. Misfit trackers have evolved since the Shine and in the next few months, we’ll be seeing a brand new device from Misfit that looks like their most ambitious activity tracking wearable so far. The Misfit Vapor

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Organize your daily medications into individual packets with the PillSuite

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Have you ever gone on a trip and had to pack all your bottles of medications and supplements only to find they take up too much space? The PillSuite helps eliminate that problem. This system allows you to organize your daily pills into a pill organizer which has a spout on the lid so that

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Withings Steel HR is an analog watch with heart rate tracking and 25 day battery life

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I just received a notification in my email about a new Withings fitness tracking device. The Steel HR looks similar to some of Withings other analog fitness tracking watches like the Withings Activite Pop activity and sleep tracking watch that I reviewed last summer. The Steel HR features a small circular digital screen on the

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Ti.ttle X IoT is a golf simulator with an unfortunate name

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For those of us who live in northern climates, typically our golf games are in hibernation during the winter months.  Indoor golf simulators are a potential solution to keeping our games sharp, but the cost and space requirements are significant barriers to home simulator ownership. The Ti.ttle X IoT Golf Simulator attempts to break these

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