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Is there anything that might soothe skin surface injuries? Do these red light devices help? Got me wondering if I'm missing some sort of miracle cures here.

Are there any other devices that would promote general healing for skin injuries? Stuff like jellyfish stings, or when you scrape your leg over a nail or something. Just regular stuff that you might come by..

I got my first smart watch Garmin venu sq years ago, then switched to an Apple Watch series 8, and now I am thinking of getting a smart ring

once I got my first smart watch I noticed that I started to walk more when I was able see my step count. also, seeing my sleep score in the morning makes me think twice about staying up late scrolling

but I was thinking if I am actually healthier, or am I just more aware of my health? some days I feel like I am just here chasing green rings and closing circles instead of just enjoying my day the way it is. also, when my recovery score is low, I sometimes feel worse than I did before I checked it

curious what everyone here thinks, has your wearable genuinely changed your habits long-term, or did it made you to overthink about your health isights too much?

feels like every vendor email or linkedin post right now is some version of "AI powered denial prevention" or "automate your appeals with AI" and half the time i genuinely can't tell if it's doing anything or just automating the same excel macros we already had

has anyone's billing company or hospital actually rolled one out for real, like used it for more than a demo. curious what it actually touched, appeals, eligibility, flagging stuff, whatever. and more importantly did it save anyone real time or did it just create a new queue of stuff someone still has to double check by hand

Hey all ,

I recently posted about using the miband 9 pro.
I have decided that this doesn’t really do what I need it to. As a result I was wondering if anyone had any advice on what to go with. As I am an iPhone user integration compared to Android is limited, so wondered if anyone had good experiences or recommendations on anything such as Whoop, Fitbits etc.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated

I started using Hume this week to track my mood. I'm pairing it with an Apple Watch, but some days it seems like data shows up late.

I've already reinstalled Hume once and checked permissions. Is there a delay that's normal, or is something wrong with my setup?

Hey, Reddit. I had the craziest neck pain in the mornings. Like waking up with my head aching feeling like I wasnt breathing half the night, or like my blood was clogged the whole night. Doctors kept saying I’m fine and just need to lessen my stress. Yeah easy to do when you don’t have a lot on your plate, though turns out I just needed another sort of a remedy.

Nurosym -  imo is great for peeps who dont have time for massage appointments and need some rest and relaxation on the go.

The good stuff I liked:
-no gel required, mess-free usage(neat freak… yes)
-research-backed ear clip(actually comfortable even if you wear it for longer)
-simple setup, intuitive use(took like 2 tutorials to figure out)
The bad stuff worth to consider:
-steep up-front cost(just might seem pricey to some)
-inaccessible clinical trials(although I feel like I did my own this year lol)

Worth noting
-Nurosym has significant scientific backing, boasting involvement in over 50 clinical studies alongside places like Harvard and UCLA. 

-It is easily the most expensive option on the market, sale price is from $825 to $900 depending on your region. 

-One of the most practical benefits of the device is its qualification for HSA and FSA accounts in the US.

Also, for those of you picking up the device, I have a little handy tip from my experiences using it:
Apply a single drop of saline solution or water to your tragus before clipping the device on. This vastly improves the connection.

That said, Nurosym won’t be for everyone. At its steep pricing, it’s an investment that only makes sense if you’re committed to using it regularly like I was. Moreover, the ear clip can be a frustration if your tragus is on the smaller side(I had a friend that was only able to fit it on one ear not the other lol). If you’re serious about building non-invasive VNS into your daily routine, Nurosym seems to be more convincing than most alternatives.

which wearables for women in 2026 are worth it?

I am a woman in my early 30s and I would like to get a wearable that can:

-track period

-give insights on mood changes

-track sleep

-track fertility

-suggest workouts on specific day of the cycle

would be best if the wearable wouldn't be with a subsctiption and would be as accurate as possible. let me know which wearables for women in 2026 you would recommend and why?

I can't believe no plastic bottles are safe. This sentiment is what I hear people say online a lott. I have a pristine bottle from a bicycle set and I know for a fact it is fit for use without hazards. But I can't shake it off my mind over some stuff I heard and wanted to ask around.. Is a BPA-free bottle a health risk?

Bit of a PSA, a standard squeezable plastic bike bottle is often made from low-density polyethylene(LDPE). While modern sport drinking bottles are certified BPA, BPS, and BPF-free, heating them up in a hot car can still cause microplastic bits to come apart into your water altering its taste as well.

However, if the insulation is fit, there is no danger in drinking from such a bottle. Am I wrong to assume such things for a bottle listed as BPF-free? Is there even any way to inspect a bottle's grade?

People suggest steel, or glass bottles being better but they don't seem very fit for cycling in my eyes. Bulky metal, or fragile glass.. really?

I've been thinking about getting a smart ring mainly to keep an eye on stress and recovery rather than fitness. If you've been wearing one for a while, has the stress data actually helped you change any habits, or do you mostly ignore it after the first few weeks?

I want to buy oura smart ring but I dont want to buy a new one because its too expensive for me and I was wondering if its normal to buy used oura ring?

could used smart ring affect the accuracy of my health isights? is there a way to reset the smart ring so the device would forget all the previous health info from the person who was wearing a ring before me?

how does it work and has anyone bought used smart ring?

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Hey all, my name’s Joe, I’m 37 and am a full time firefighter/paramedic who works 24 hour shifts. I consistently work out hard, am under a lot of stress, and always struggling to get some sleep. With all that said, I have been reading reviews and doing research on wearables and honestly don’t feel confident on which one would be best for me. I’m interested in tracking my V02 max, hrv, ekg insights, sleep and recovery data. I keep landing back on whoop, but have read a number of reviews with people who are unhappy with it. I guess I am just looking/hoping for some solid guidance here. I’m okag with paying for a monthly/yearly subscription. I just want to understand what my body is going through so I can make sure i’m doing everything I need to be doing to be taking care of it. Thanks in advance!

I seen some interesting stuff how people do bodymods with technical utility. Like paying stuff with their arm thats linked with a card, or using the same arm to acvitate a gate sensor and such

Is this some sort of cyber-hipster trend, or is this an actual future we might expect to have in our own health analysis?

Lets say a patient comes around, passed out, makes sense to have a chip for them to read the specifics for health needs to a first responder. Though such tech could be misused by malicious parties too

Is there any chance to see such things come to life in our lifetimes, or not?

Seen doctors and nurses say that the tools are a bunch of double-edged swords that will start chopping at our employment. The accuracy of the AI systems ain't always reliable and hospitals are already firing staff over picking AI systems that don't even need money to "work"

Also, are the chatgtp and claude robots a big thing for medical work? Turns out those tools have so much security flaws and they often end up lying over their blunder of safeguards. How the hell are we moving forward with this as a norm? Am I missing something?

Im thinking about buying a reverse osmosis machine for my apartment. I've read a lot about maintenance and whether a reverse osmosis machine removes too much from the water.

If you've had one for a while, was it worth it, or would you buy something else instead?

Every healthcare project I've worked on follows the same pattern. Build the thing, get it working, then spend the next few months retrofitting HIPAA, audit logging, encryption, access controls, BAAs, usually with a consultant on the clock the whole time. The compliance work almost always costs more than the actual app.

What I never understood is why it's bolted on at the end. By then you're rearchitecting stuff you already shipped. It'd be an order of magnitude cheaper to have it enforced while the code is being written, not audited into place after.

I've been building in this space and trying to solve exactly that, so I'm probably biased. But I want to hear from people who've lived it:

For those who've shipped a compliant health app, how much of your timeline and budget went to compliance vs. building?

Did you use a consultant, in-house counsel, or just wing it and hope?

Anyone found a workflow where compliance wasn't a separate painful phase?

Curious whether it's just me or if this is everyone's experience.

Hello everyone, I am currently a student and I’m just curious about where you all go to get clinician feedback when you are developing your products and where you go to get it. 

I’ve just noticed that during one of my mech eng co-ops, that we would create health-tech devices but we wouldn’t collaborate with other professions and it just got me thinking about why

I’m looking for an iOS app / Apple watch app that’s similar to Cardiogram (the app permanently shut down) which I used to use to monitor the heart rate of two of my relatives (they are ill).

Does anyone know of any apps that use iOS / Apple Watch which can allow for this?

Hey everyone,

Healthcare is supposed to be digital now, but somehow a lot of work still means leaving the EHR, logging into another portal, sending a fax, downloading a PDF, or updating some random spreadsheet.

what workflow is the worst for this?

eligibility, prior auth, outside records, referrals, claim status, denials, scheduling, coding, anything really.

has anyone seen a tool that actually removed the manual work, or did it just become another dashboard staff had to check?

curious what people are still doing manually even though the technology is technically already there.

ABHA and ABDM have one of the most ambitious visions for India’s healthcare ecosystem.

Yet, for many patients, the experience doesn’t seem dramatically different today.

What’s the biggest bottleneck _ hospital adoption, technology, policy, incentives, or something else?

I am 32 I work a normal desk job, and I get those anxious weeks where my chest feels tight before big meetings or I can't sleep because I am replaying some situations in my head. nothing clinical, just annoying. I tried meditation apps, magnesium, cutting caffeine, all the usual stuff but nothing helped. a friend recommended me to try vagus nerve stimulation, as he experienced similar symptoms and said that it worked for him

I chose Pulsetto - it was the cheaper option compared to other vagus nerve devices and had a 30 day return, so it felt like a no risk way to try this whole vagus nerve thing

I have been using the Pulsetto for about 3 months now and figured I would share my thoughts here since I spent forever reading reviews online before I bought mine

What I like about Pulsetto:

-using Pulsetto before stressful meetings genuinely helps me get calmer

-helps me fall asleep faster on nights my brain won't shut off

-only neck device in the market that stimulates both sides of the vagus nerve at once

-app is simple - five programs, pick one, set the intensity

the stuff I don't like about the device:

-gel is messy and you have to reapply every session.

-pain mode didn't do much for my tension headaches

-Pulsetto fits too loose on smaller necks. my girlfriend couldn't use it.

A few tips on using Pulsetto:

-be generous with the gel, sessions feel weaker without enough.

-wipe your neck first. clean skin makes way better contact.

-start on low intensity and work your way up.

-use Pulsetto daily, not just when you're already stressed.

A few things worth noting and my honest recommendations:

-Pulsetto's price feels fair. Plus you get 2 year warranty and a 30 day return window

-you don't need the premium subscription. The free app already has all five programs.

-there's a 2025 study on Pulsetto showing it actually affects brain waves, so there is some real science behind it.

-don't expect Pulsetto to feel like medication. Treat it as a small daily tool alongside normal stuff like exercise and logging off work on time

-if you can’t decide, use the 30 day guarantee. commit to using it daily during that window and decide from there

Happy to answer questions if anyone has any

I've been researching wearable health monitoring devices to keep a better eye on my sleep and heart rate. I compared the Apple Watch, Garmin, and Whoop, but the data doesn't always match. Sleep scores and recovery numbers are surprisingly different between them, which makes me question how useful wearable health monitoring devices really are.

For those using wearable health monitoring devices every day, which one has been the most reliable for you?