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Wearable devices like Fitbit can predict IBD flares 7 weeks in advance

January 25, 2025

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Wrist-worn devices could give advance notice of when the wearer might experience an IBD flare. Image credit: Studio Marmellata/Stocksy.

For people with the unpredictable conditions falling under the inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) umbrella, an early warning system for flares may one day be available in the wearable device on the wrist.
A new study from researchers at Mount Sinai reports that such devices can predict imminent inflammatory and symptomatic IBD flares as far in advance as 7…

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