{
  "id": 10509120,
  "title": "From wrist to research: Harnessing smartwatch data for equitable cardiovascular research",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/28/from-wrist-to-research-harnessing-smartwatch-data-for-equitable",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-28T14:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "PLOS Medicine",
    "slug": "plos-medicine",
    "url": "https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1005260"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "by Manpreet Kaur, on behalf of the PLOS Medicine Staff Editors Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death, and progress in reducing mortality has stalled, calling for more research. An opportunity lies in harnessing cardiovascular data from smartwatches. However, ethical and logistical barriers need to be overcome to ensure smartwatch-derived data is utilised to inform equitable and…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}