Vital Life-Huawei Study High Blood Sugar Risk Via Wearables

MGR Online•Economy•7d ago

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Vital Life and Huawei are collaborating to use wearable technology to assess the risk of high blood sugar.

•Vital Life, affiliated with Bumrungrad International Hospital, and Huawei Consumer Business Group Thailand have partnered.
•The collaboration aims to develop a project to assess high blood sugar risk using Huawei's smartwatches.
•This initiative is an expansion of Huawei's health research, with its first foray into international markets for this type of study.

•Vital Life and Huawei announced a technology collaboration to study high blood sugar risk assessment through wearable devices.
•Vital Life and Huawei Consumer Business Group Thailand are developing a project to assess high blood sugar risk using Huawei smartwatches.
•This partnership aims to expand the role of wearable technology beyond daily health tracking to support digital health infrastructure and proactive, accessible preventive healthcare.
•The project will integrate advanced sensor technology, health data analysis, and medical expertise from partners.
•Huawei has conducted continuous health research in China via the Huawei Research Platform, collaborating with over 170 research organizations and reaching over 17 million users, indicating the value of wearable data beyond exercise tracking.
•The HUAWEI WATCH FIT 5 Pro is the first wearable device planned to be used in this study, with an upcoming launch in Thailand.
•The project aims to improve the accuracy of the risk assessment model to over 90% in the future.
•The collaboration also aims to promote academic and industry exchanges to enhance understanding of preventive health and the Thai digital health ecosystem.

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Vital Life(ไวทัลไลฟ์)

A health promotion center affiliated with Bumrungrad International Hospital, partnering with Huawei on a health technology study.

Huawei(หัวเว่ย)ℹ️

A technology company, specifically its Consumer Business Group Thailand, collaborating with Vital Life on a health study involving wearable devices.

Bumrungrad International Hospital(โรงพยาบาลบำรุงราษฎร์)ℹ️

A hospital where the Vital Life health promotion center is affiliated.

Huawei Consumer Business Group Thailand(หัวเว่ย คอนซูมเมอร์ บิสสิเนส กรุ๊ป ประเทศไทย)ℹ️

The Thai branch of Huawei's consumer business, participating in a health technology collaboration.

Huawei Research Platform

A platform used by Huawei for conducting health research in China, which forms the basis for international studies.