by Matthew Rehrl MD | Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Fitbit, Google, Wearables
“Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity! I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand; instead of a million count half a dozen, and keep your accounts on your thumb nail.”― Henry David Thoreau, Walden My old watch is a beat-up Rolex, but,...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Digital Platforms, Health, Wearables
I’ve just finished reading a book called “The Blue Zones”, by Dan Buettner. It summarizes the similarities and differences between the lifestyles of centenarians who live in communities with a high prevalence of people who not only live much longer...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Fitbit, Wearables
Data. Fitbit, is exceptional good about capturing data. Through its devices, scales, and app, data such as steps, sleep, heart rate, weight, and food are all easy to capture. Information. Fitbit, on both its app and platform, also displays this data in a very user...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Wearables, Weight Loss
The challenge with using wearable technology to improve your health isn’t the type of data it extracts. Such information as step frequency and sleep duration are associated with your health. It isn’t in the amount of data it extracts. I probably already...
