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The Big Holes in Wearable Heart Rate Variability And Readiness Scores - Ground Truths | Eric Topol
Publisher description: A Gaping Lack of Evidence for Health Benefits
NewsAPI | Sep 19, 2026 | Eric Topol
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These “readiness scores” as a composite of multiple metrics, with heart rate variability (HRV) being front and center for most. If you increase your HRV, that doesn’t mean it will improve health outcomes. That’s essentially where we are with HRV and readiness scores.
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