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Your Apple Watch Can Now Detect Hypertension

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Your Apple Watch can now alert you if you’re showing signs of hypertension—a new feature cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Sept. 11. The feature does not diagnose high blood pressure or take blood pressure readings. Instead, it relies on the watch’s optical heart sensor to analyze how the blood vessels contract … Read more

Urine tests detect high-risk HPV as effectively as DIY vaginal swabs

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Someone’s cervical cancer risk could be gauged non-invasively by collecting and analysing samples of their urine SolStock/Getty Images Urine tests seem to detect strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV) that are particularly associated with cervical cancer with the same level of accuracy as vaginal swabs that people carry out themselves. Cervical cancer screening has historically … Read more