health technology
13 articles exploring health technology.
Articles about health technology
From Self-Tracking to Self-Understanding
Self-tracking becomes valuable when measurements help people understand change, context and next actions instead of merely producing more scores.
The Future of Wellness Is Not More Data. It Is Better Context.
The next generation of wellness technology should not simply collect more signals. It should preserve provenance, uncertainty and personal context so data becomes useful. We have more personal health data than ever. Aseem Gupta explains why measurement quality, personal baselines and context matter more than another wellness score.
Why Chronic Fatigue Cannot Be Understood From One Number
Persistent fatigue can have many explanations. Aseem Gupta explores why normal health scores cannot dismiss someone's symptoms and why meaningful assessment must begin with the person.
Healthspan Needs More Than Biomarkers
Healthspan is not simply a collection of better numbers. It is the capacity to keep thinking, moving, choosing, connecting and participating as we age.
The Goal Isn’t Calm. It’s Flexibility.
The nervous system is supposed to change state. Wellness should focus less on permanent calm and more on the capacity to respond, recover and adapt.
Recovery Is Not the Opposite of Performance
Performance and recovery are not competing objectives. Adaptation depends on the ability to mobilise when required and recover sufficiently afterward.
Reset or Reboot? What Your Nervous System Actually Needs
“Reset” and “reboot” are powerful metaphors. Neither should be mistaken for literal neurobiology. The useful idea is restoring adaptive range, not wiping the system clean.
Can You Really Reset Your Nervous System?
“Nervous-system reset” is useful shorthand, but biology does not have a reset button. What we can do is apply inputs that can change physiological state and observe the response.
Measured, Calculated or Inferred? Why the Difference Matters
Health technology becomes more trustworthy when it tells users not only the answer, but how the answer was produced.
Why Your Face May Reveal More Than How You Feel
Ordinary video can contain subtle pulse-related information. Remote photoplethysmography can estimate physiological signals without contact, but the technology has important real-world limitations.
One Measurement Is a Snapshot. The Pattern Is the Story.
A single wellness measurement can be useful. Repeated, comparable observations can reveal something more valuable: direction, persistence and response.
Your Baseline Matters More Than Someone Else’s Normal
Population ranges are useful. For many wellness signals, however, a meaningful change from your own established pattern may tell you more than comparison with an average stranger.
HRV Is Useful. It Is Not a Verdict.
Heart-rate variability can be useful, especially as a longitudinal signal. It is not a diagnosis, a universal readiness score or a verdict on how you feel.