STAT June 2, 2022
Can wearables detect pregnancy earlier than tests?
Wearables that take users’ temperatures could detect pregnancies even before traditional tests, new research from the University of California, San Diego suggests. The small study examined data from 30 women who became pregnant while wearing Oura rings, consumer wearables designed to track temperature and other biometrics. Researchers found that temperature shifts can serve as a passive pregnancy notification that can signal pregnancy about nine days before a positive test.
“If women know that they’re pregnant sooner, they can make choices about their life that they might not know to make otherwise,” co-author Benjamin Smarr, a professor in UCSD’s bioengineering and data science departments, told STAT. Earlier detection could become all the more critical...
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