Experts say health-tracking features on wearables can trigger anxiety in some users. They recommend turning off alerts and consulting physicians.
Wearable devices like smartwatches provide constant health data that some people find reassuring. For others, the same information fuels health anxiety and leads to unnecessary medical visits.
Dr. Lauren Cheung, a doctor at Apple, has shared details on nine lesser-known health features available on the Apple Watch. These tools aim to help users monitor various aspects of their well-being, from vital signs to environmental exposures. The features leverage the device's sensors and apps to provide notifications and insights for better health management.
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CNET has named the Fitbit Charge 6 as the best fitness tracker overall and the Apple Watch Series 11 as the top for heart rate accuracy following lab tests. The review highlights devices suited for various needs, from general activity tracking to serious athletic performance. Testing involved extensive workouts and comparisons for metrics like battery life, features and precision.
A new Fitbit tracker paired with Google's AI could support upcoming smart glasses.
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Just a few minutes of activity that leaves people out of breath each day was associated with substantially lower risks of developing eight major diseases and of dying over about seven years in a study of roughly 96,000 UK Biobank participants who wore wrist accelerometers for a week. The research, published March 30, 2026 in the European Heart Journal, suggests that how intensely people move may matter alongside how much they move.