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« on: August 14, 2014, 01:45:29 PM »

http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/technology/gadgets/intel-explores-wearable-devices-1.1735179
Intel explores wearable devices
August 14, 2014

San Francisco - Intel plans to use wearable gadgets such as smart watches to monitor patients with Parkinson's disease and collect data that can be shared with researchers.

On Wednesday, the chip maker said it is teaming up with the Michael J. Fox Foundation, established by the actor and Parkinson's sufferer in 2000, to conduct a multi-phase research study of the neurodegenerative brain disease. An estimated five million people globally have been diagnosed with Parkinson's, the second-most-common neurudegenerative disease after Alzheimer's.

The initial goal is to determine the feasibility of using wearable devices to monitor patients remotely and store that data in an open system that can be accessed by scientists.

In the next phase of the study, which will likely kick off in the fall, the foundation will set aside funds to explore how patients are responding to medication. Participants will be monitored via an array of wearable devices.
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/leoking/2014/08/14/michael-j-fox-smart-watches-are-right-on-time-for-parkinsons-breakthrough/
Michael J. Fox Smart Watches Are Right On Time For Parkinson's Breakthrough
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