Welcome to Wellness on Mass. I'm Dr. Nicole Sapphire. Today we are going to tackle a headline

that's making waves across the health and tech spaces. RFK Jr.'s bold announcement that every

American should be wearing a health tracker within the next four years. Boy, did my X-Feed

light up with this. Some people loved it. Some people hated it.

Will this usher in a new area of preventative health and accountability?

Or does it raise serious questions about privacy, data, and individual freedom?

And do they even work?

Stay tuned. We are going to break down the benefits, the concerns, and what this means for you.

So for this conversation, because it dives into the tech realm, that everyone who knows me

knows that I am probably the least tech savvy person that there ever was. However, despite the

fact that I'm a radiologist and I'm constantly using tech and AI and on a computer,

for this conversation, I'm bringing in my husband, Dr. Paul Sapphire, endovascular neurosurgeon,

who is incredibly tech savvy and has some very interesting opinions and perspectives on these wearable trackers.

Paul, thanks for joining.

Well, thank you for that glowing introduction.

You know, here's the thing. A lot of our friends, colleagues, patients all wear these devices.

You know, we're talking about Apple watches, the Fitbits, even those aura rings. You see some people

wearing the rings that, you know, monitors them and it gives information back to their smart device.

You know, what's your big overall opinion on these digital health trackers?

Well, first off, I think the concept of having accurate and reliable information that you can

then utilize to change your habits, whether to exercise more sleep, you know, modify your sleep

regimen to get better sleep, enhancement, so and so forth, you know, changing the way you may

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