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The latest health tech and wellbeing wearable tech news, including stress busting devices, heart rate monitors and more.

How the biggest names in wearables are dealing with stress

How wearables are dealing with stress

The features, apps and exercises designed to keep you calm
Garmin is doing more for female athletes with new women's health tracking

Garmin introduces women's health tracking

Menstrual Cycle Tracking rolling out alongside new Forerunner watches
Dreem 2 wants to rescue insomniacs from ‘failing’ sleep trackers

Dreem 2 wants to fix your bad sleep

Second-gen headset also brings new sleep coaching programs
Fitbit’s female health tracking features explored

We try Fitbit's female health tracking

Will the new cycle tracking smarts be able to compete in a crowded market?
Cardiogram will monitor for diabetes

Cardiogram will monitor for diabetes

You'll also need an Apple Watch, Garmin or Wear OS smartwatch
Apple Watch studies: How the smartwatch is tackling health issues

Apple Watch studies: Tackling health issues

ResearchKit has paved the way for smarter testing - but what's been the impact so far?
Sweati is a wearable patch that tracks glucose by analyzing your sweat

Sweati non-invasively tracks glucose

Has the holy grail been achieved?
Inside Fitbit’s top-secret testing lab: Where sweat is turned into data

Inside Fitbit's secret testing lab

We visit the place where Fitbit is building the future of health
Withings Sleep can now help you identify the signs of sleep apnea

Withings Sleep will detect sleep apnea

Sleep tracking sensor gets a serious feature update
How your smartwatch's ECG feature could save your life

How ECG could save your life

This emerging technology is already saving lives
Elvie Pump review

Elvie Pump

The wireless, wearable breast pump making breastfeeding smarter
Cardiogram's new family mode lets you track your loved one's health

Cardiogram gets a family mode

App that lives on Apple Watch and Wear lets you share your data with your doctor
Alphabet's Verily gets ECG clearance for Study Watch, signaling bigger health plans

Verily gets ECG ok for Study Watch

A big week for the Big G
Campaign for better sleep week 3: Balancing sleep and exercise

How to sleep better in 2019

Working out can help you sleep better – if you do it right
Withings Health Mate: Essential guide

Withings Health Mate: Essential guide

Everything you need to know about the health and fitness app
Omron HeartGuide first look: A b​lood pressure tracker disguised as a watch

First look: Omron's HeartGuide watch

CES 2019: And an impressive feat of engineering
Muse 2 review

Muse 2

The brain-sensing headset for mastering mindfulness
How L'Oréal's My Skin Track pH could help you take better care of your skin

How L'Oréal's wearable will help skin

CES 2019: L'Oréal is back at it again with a unique wearable
Halo Sport 2 first-look: Brain zapping headset gets smarter (and cheaper)

Halo Sport 2: First look

CES 2019: Easier set-up, better looks and a more affordable price
Withings BPM Core could help you cut down on those check-ups at the doctors

Withings BPM Core works like a stethoscope

CES 2019: Smart blood pressure wearable now has ECG and one more health skill
The best smart scales: Our top Wi-Fi connected body fat analysers

The best smart scales

Shed some pounds with the these connected bathroom scales
Apple quietly launched a B​eddit sleep tracker that works with the Apple Watch

Apple launches new Beddit

Apple's first move since buying the company in 2017
Bellabeat Leaf Chakra review

Bellabeat Leaf Chakra

Chakra can, Chakra can't for this leaf shaped activity and sleep tracker
Charged up: L’Oréal is making wearables the right way - simple and problem solving

We need more wearable makers like L’Oréal

Yes to wearables with clear solutions to serious problems
Apple Watch and yoga: A guide to staying fit and flexible with Apple's smartwatch

Apple Watch and yoga guide

We put the Watch Series 4 to the yoga test
L'Oréal launches My Skin Track UV to keep you safe in the sun and out of the smog

L'Oréal My Skin Track UV keeps you sun safe

Tiny wearable will also keep tabs on pollen and pollution levels
Flow is a medical grade headset and therapy app designed to treat depression

Flow headset and app take on depression

This Swedish health tech startup is on track to launch in 2019
Charged up: Smart rings are awesome - they just don't suit all sports and fitness

Smart rings have a fitness problem

But I still believe they are a true wearable breakthrough
Spire Health Tag review

Spire Health Tag

The invisible stress and activity tracking wearable with some visible problems
The Muse 2 headband takes some of the guesswork out of meditation

Muse 2 headband gives better feedback

It now gives you feedback on heart rate, breathing and movement
What I learned wearing a real-time blood glucose monitor

We test a blood glucose monitor

Nutrition is about to get personal
Garmin teams up with Fitabase as wearable data aids health research

Garmin data to help aid health research

The pair will help bring objective insights to the world of health research
​Oura Ring (2018) review

Oura Ring

This second-gen wellbeing coach lives on your finger
Dreem wants to make the fight against bad sleep a more personal one

Dreem makes tackling bad sleep more personal

New coaching app wants to help tackle insomnia and sleep deprivation
Wiggly is like a wearable Dance Dance Revolution jacket for your kids

Wiggly is a 'DDR' jacket for kids

Get your kids moving
AireSone Junior helps parents stop worrying about their child's asthma

AireSone Junior helps parents

AireSone Junior aims to reassure anxious parents
Oculus and VRHealth want to help ease the pain for women in labour

Oculus dives deeper into the health space

Oculus Go and Rift will also be used to aid patients before and after surgery
Atrial fibrillation explained: Why Apple wants to look after your heart

Atrial fibrillation explained

Fitbit and Huami also want to make a difference in monitoring heart health
Charged up: To fight Apple, healthcare could be Fitbit’s best bet

Fitbit's savvy new plan for health

Fitbit Care sees the company tap into a lucrative new space
Apple Watch Series 4 review

Apple Watch Series 4

This smartwatch will save someone's life – and that's a claim few can make
Whoop is bringing its wearable for pro athletes to the health space

Whoop wearable enters health space

Whoop Strap set to be used as part of a sleep study
Huami's 'first AI-powered wearable chipset' takes aim at Apple Watch

Huami's new AI wearable chip unveiled

ECG and AFib features show Huami and Xiaomi is getting serious