Article Excerpt: Scientists are interested in learning more about circadian rhythms in order to help people know the best times of day to sleep, eat, exercise or take medications. But traditionally these studies involve participants living in a time-isolation clinic for several days, where researchers control light and dark periods. But now researchers from the University of Michigan propose a new method to understand people’s circadian rhythms using wearable smartwatches. “I think a big question has been, ‘Can we measure circadian rhythms with wearables, and how can we do that?'” Daniel Forger, a research professor of computational medicine and bioinformatics at Michigan Medicine, said in a statement.
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