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Omron unveils tech breakthroughs in BPM at CES
LAS VEGAS — Omron Healthcare last week unveiled its next generation prototype, Project Zero 2.0 – an ultra-compact, wearable wrist device that measures blood pressure with clinical accuracy and tracks other heart health data such as sleep patterns – at the CES Digital Health Summit here.
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Study: Quit smoking attempts up substantially
BETHESDA, Md. — Data from more than 40,000 adult smokers in the U.S. reveal a substantial increase in serious attempts to quit smoking between 2012 to 2014, according to a new study appearing in the journal, Addiction.
In 2014, 55% of adult smokers reported making a serious quit attempt during the previous year, up from 51% in 2011, according to an analysis of data from the National Health Interview Survey.