Wearable Health Data Offers Little Clinical Value While Raising Privacy Risks
Smartwatches, rings, and patches now collect vast amounts of biometric data, but surveys suggest only 9% of healthcare professionals find more than 75% of it useful in daily practice. Doctors often…
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