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Wearable device development for hormone monitoring

Overview

Researchers have developed a wearable device to monitor hormone levels continuously, specifically targeting the detection of primary aldosteronism. This condition, which affects up to 20% of individuals with high blood pressure, involves the adrenal glands producing excessive aldosterone, disrupting salt and water balance.

Initial studies involving institutions in the UK, Norway, Sweden, and Greece demonstrated that hormone production bursts occur during both day and night. Because traditional blood tests are rarely conducted while patients sleep, these irregularities often go undetected.

Subsequent details regarding the device, named ‘U-RHYTHM’, describe it as a waist-worn tool roughly the size of a mobile phone that measures hormone levels through the skin every twenty minutes. Monitoring 60 patients revealed that aldosterone levels fluctuate significantly even during sleep. Researchers noted that traditional, single-point blood tests may provide inaccurate results if taken at the wrong time, whereas continuous monitoring helps avoid the artificial effects of a clinical environment.

Entities

University of Bristol · University of Bergen · Science Translational Medicine · University of Manchester · Thomas Upton

Timeline

  1. 4 days ago

    [HEALTH] 3 sources
    University of Bristol researchers identify hidden cause of hypertension

    University of Bristol researchers used a wearable device, U-RHYTHM, to reveal that fluctuating aldosterone levels can cause hidden hypertension, potentially leading to misdiagnosis via standard blood tests.

  2. 18 days ago

    [HEALTH] 3 sources
    Wearable device detects hormone patterns linked to high blood pressure

    A new wearable device developed by researchers can monitor hormone spikes at home, potentially enabling earlier diagnosis of primary aldosteronism, a common cause of high blood pressure.

Sources

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