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Your watch might be your new doctor’s assistant #TEDTalks
Genome researcher Michael Snyder believes health wearables, such as smart watches and glucose monitors, can transform medicine, shifting from reactive to predictive. (In fact, he’s such a big fan of these devices that he wears eight of them every single day.) From spotting an illness days before symptoms appear to helping prevent the onset of…
@DY2784
August 13, 2026 at 3:21 pm
Can’t be sooo paranoid about my health… 🤔🤔🤔… Strange.
@GOATED神
August 13, 2026 at 6:51 pm
True
@RitaRi-Taki
August 13, 2026 at 3:49 pm
I’m not giving my data that easily out, who pays his research?
@GOATED神
August 13, 2026 at 6:51 pm
Dk
@bryanhannah3262
August 13, 2026 at 4:37 pm
How is all of that paranoia improving your mental health? Just curious….
@GOATED神
August 13, 2026 at 6:52 pm
It isn’t
@AnonymousUserNameHere
August 14, 2026 at 8:46 am
Being informed of and aware of your own body and it’s changes is not paranoia.
@chasmenear7130
August 13, 2026 at 5:09 pm
…and my car might be my lawyer’s retirement…
@GOATED神
August 13, 2026 at 6:51 pm
😂
@DS-pe8tt
August 13, 2026 at 5:44 pm
It’s a great idea, but I’m allergic and I can handle it on my wrist one day but then I have to clean it and put it on the other rest just once so I couldn’t wear all those bit wearables.
@wishek
August 13, 2026 at 6:10 pm
You have a hearing impaired speaker but no subtitles for people with hearing impairment?
@GOATED神
August 13, 2026 at 6:52 pm
Damn
@Rubberman5000
August 13, 2026 at 6:21 pm
I just had an idea…hear me out…its 8 tracking devices in 1 😅😅😅
@gustawmajewski9911
August 13, 2026 at 10:22 pm
YA , BECOUSE BIG TECH PROVED TO BE TRUSTWORTHY , RIGHT ?
IMAGINE INSURANCE COMPANY DROPING YOU AFTER PURCHASING YOUR DATA FROM BIG TECH.
@Stricken555
August 14, 2026 at 6:04 am
One can take every precaution possible and still be killed in a freak accident such as a car crash or something like that. Just live life to the fullest and make the most of every moment
@AnonymousUserNameHere
August 14, 2026 at 8:49 am
… you lost me when you calld these irems inexpensive. If you meant **relatively** inexpensive as compared to treatment of a medical condition that wasn’t caught in time, sure… but i am one of those people in the states that can only afford to have a roof over my head **or** medical insurance.
@AD-to3bm
August 15, 2026 at 2:40 am
@AnonymousUserNameHere I mean, I have a smart watch that measures most of these things that I got for about $25 USD. It seems to be pretty accurate. I’m sure there are fancier/more expensive types, but a basic no-frills model is really not prohibitively expensive (for most people).
@danielobrien9502
August 15, 2026 at 5:36 am
None of that data is private.
@leighcwilson
August 15, 2026 at 8:48 am
I’m much less stressed since getting rid of all my health monitoring devices
@joshuamurray9403
August 15, 2026 at 2:34 pm
Sad…😢