Smartphone data may help detect rare lung disease earlier, study suggests
WHY IT MATTERS
Earlier detection of IPAH could allow patients to start treatment sooner, potentially slowing disease progression and improving outcomes for this condition that currently has no cure.
Researchers found that data from smartphones and wearable devices, collected over several years through a health app, can help doctors identify people with a rare lung disease called idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) earlier than before. The study used information like heart rate and activity levels from the My Heart Counts app to spot differences between people with IPAH and healthy people. This discovery could lead to faster diagnosis of this serious condition.
Data from smartphones and wearable devices may help with the early detection of idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH), a rare lung disease with no known cause, a study suggests. Using up to eight years of data obtained via the My Heart Counts iOS app, device-derived data helped distinguish people with IPAH from healthy individuals and […] The post Smartphone data may help detect rare lung disease earlier, study suggests appeared first on Pulmonary Hypertension News .