17 Sep The smartwatch that ensures the right dose at the right time
Researchers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and the Stanford School of Medicine may have just found a solution to a problem we may not even have known existed. Their new invention comes in the shape of a smartwatch, but it is so much more than the ones we have seen before. This watch analyzes your sweat and therefore tracks the level of a drug in your system to determine the correct dosage of medicine you should take. This is a major step up from the traditional way of determining the dosage through the patient’s height and weight, as not all bodies react the same and sometimes a personal approach is needed. The smartwatch also replaces expensive and time consuming blood tests that are sometimes required for medicine prescriptions
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https://www.mddionline.com/digital-health/tracking-medication-levels-smartwatch