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The best health tech at CES 2020

Portable defibrillators, stroke recovery devices and wearables are taking over CES.

Sarah Mitroff
Sarah Mitroff is a Managing Editor for CNET, overseeing our health, fitness and wellness section. Throughout her career, she's written about mobile tech, consumer tech, business and startups for Wired, MacWorld, PCWorld, and VentureBeat.
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Health tech at CES 2020

Health tech always has a big presence at CES, and that's no different in 2020. Check out the best devices we've seen in the following slides and check back as we add more products throughout the week.

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Neofect

Neofect Smart Balance is a Dance Dance Revolution-like device for stroke victims to rehabilitate legs, balance and posture.

You can choose different games to help improve coordination and reduce damage that strokes can cause.

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Mateo Smart Bathmat

Mateo is a smart bathroom mat that tracks your weight, body composition and even posture.

Read more about Mateo.

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Withings ScanWatch

Withing's latest smartwatch, the ScanWatch, has a one-lead electrocardiogram for checking for arrhythmia, measures blood oxygen levels and can continuously monitor for possible atrial fibrillation. It will also be able to check for sleep apnea

Read more about the Withings ScanWatch.

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Bisu Body Coach

Bisu is a smart urine test that tells you about your body and gives you advice. The at-home urine test can tell you about your hydration levels, electrolytes, dietary acid load (through pH levels) and ketones. 

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About Care Glutrac

Out of Hong Kong, Glutrac promises to test your blood sugar levels without a finger prick -- it uses an algorithm instead. The tech is not ready for the US yet, but we could expect to see it in the next few years.

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Kyocera Smart Carb Monitor

Kyocera is also working on technology that can also keep tabs on your blood glucose. Unlike Glutrac, this prototype device estimates carbohydrate metabolism by measuring pulse-wave patterns from a user's heartbeat. Kyocera plans to launch it in Japan this year, and it could eventually make its way to the US.

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Heart Hero

Heart Hero is a small, portable atrial defibrillator (AED) that can be used at home for sudden cardiac events. It uses AI technology to alert emergency services and detects heart rhythm to deem if shock if needed to save a life.

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MedWand

The MedWand is a small tool that has 10 different medical diagnostic functions that allow your doctor to examine you remotely. The device includes attachments for the heart, lungs, blood oxygen level, nose, throat, mouth and more.

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Valencell Blood Pressure Sensing Earbuds

Valencell Earbuds have sensors that can detect blood pressure in as little as 30 seconds and show the reading in real-time on the accompanying app. 

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