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Cardiogram says it can use current wearables to detect signs of diabetes

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Gregory Santulli
Non-invasive glucose tracking is the holy grail for diabetics. Everyone who is anyone in the world of wearables is working on ways to crack it, but it’s incredibly difficult to do.
 
Cardiogram, a heart rate tech company, believes it may have found the answer in the heart rate sensor that you’re possibly wearing right now. As part of a new study with researchers at UC San Francisco, Cardiogram found that its DeepHeart neural network can identify signs of diabetes with a simple heart rate sensor from devices ranging from Garmin watches to the first Apple Watch.
 
In the meantime, Cardiogram is looking to roll out the new ability to flag indicators of diabetes and pre-diabetes by the end of 2018.
 
How does it work? Essentially, it’s going off an idea that was established in a 2005 study that showed a correlation between heart rate variability and diabetes. It works like this: As your body developers insulin resistance, your sympathetic nervous system gets hyperactive and your parasympathetic nervous system withdraws. This causes an imbalance in your overall nervous system.
 
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