Medical Xpress June 25, 2025
Stacy Pigott, University of Arizona

When it comes to automobiles, no matter how well they are maintained, at some point the check engine light is going to come on. Inevitably, a look under the hood or trip to the mechanic is in order. The human body doesn’t have a check engine light, but wearable sensors could fill that role for people thanks to the power of data.

“Most of us wear health and fitness trackers on our wrists or fingers, and that’s an amazing window into our biology and how we operate,” said Shravan Aras, Ph.D., assistant director of sensor analysis and smart health platforms at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center for Biomedical Informatics and Biostatistics.

Aras, who is also an assistant research...

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