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The 24-hour urine test for kidney stones, explained
The 24-Hour Urine Test for Kidney Stones, Explained
A 24-hour urine test shows why kidney stones form, not just whether you have one. Here is what it measures, how to collect your urine correctly, and how to read... Read more...
Glucose Resilience Score: What It Is and How to Read It
Glucose Resilience Score: What It Is and How to Read It
Two people, the same meal, two different glucose responses You eat. Sugar enters your bloodstream. Insulin goes to work, enabling your cells to absorb and use it. When that system... Read more...
How accurate is the Withings ECG?
How accurate is the Withings ECG?
Short answer: Studies proved that thanks to the Withings ECG, atrial fibrillation was identified with a sensitivity of 96.3% to 99.63% and a specificity of 99.85% to 100%. Three peer-reviewed... Read more...
The Best Scale for WHOOP 2026: Your Complete Guide
The Best Scale for WHOOP 2026: Your Complete Guide
WHOOP tracks your strain, recovery, and sleep — but not your body composition. Learn how pairing a Withings scale with WHOOP gives you the missing piece: precise fat mass, muscle... Read more...
Steel HR Sport Retires: Meet the ScanWatch Family That Carries Its Legacy Forward
Steel HR Sport Retires: Meet the ScanWatch Family That Carries Its Legacy Forward
The Steel HR Sport has been retired, but everything that made it great lives on. Meet ScanWatch Light, ScanWatch 2, ScanWatch Nova, and ScanWatch Nova Brilliant — four hybrid smartwatches,... Read more...
From Thermo to BeamO: One Sensor, Four Times the Insight
From Thermo to BeamO: One Sensor, Four Times the Insight
Thermo has evolved into BeamO — a 4-in-1 health scanner that keeps the contactless thermometer you know, and adds a digital stethoscope, ECG, and pulse oximeter. One device, a complete... Read more...
Pulse HR Bows Out... to Live On in the ScanWatch Family
Pulse HR Bows Out... to Live On in the ScanWatch Family
Pulse HR has been retired — but everything that made it great lives on. Meet ScanWatch Light, ScanWatch 2, ScanWatch Nova, and Nova Brilliant: four hybrid smartwatches built on that... Read more...
Withings Research 2026 - What 2.5 Million Women Reveal About the Menopause Transition
Withings Research 2026 - What 2.5 Million Women Reveal About the Menopause Transition
The world's largest real-world study — across 11 countries, 8 health domains and 6 reproductive stages.   Download the full report  +58% The Hidden Reshaping Behind the Number Visceral fat... Read more...
Research Year in Review: The Lab in Your Living Room
Research Year in Review: The Lab in Your Living Room
At Withings, we’ve always believed that the most profound health discoveries shouldn't be confined to a hospital—they should happen in the place right where you live. For over a decade,... Read more...
Is Snoring Aging Your Arteries? What 30,000 People Just Revealed
Is Snoring Aging Your Arteries? What 30,000 People Just Revealed
For decades, assessing sleep health typically meant spending a night in a laboratory. While this remains the gold standard for diagnosis, a single snapshot naturally captures only one night of... Read more...
Why Core Strengthening Exercises Are the Secret to a Faster Metabolism
Why Core Strengthening Exercises Are the Secret to a Faster Metabolism
We often think of “the core” as a six-pack to show off at the beach. But in reality, your core is the power station of your body. It is the... Read more...
The Hidden Culprits: 5 Surprising Foods That Cause Kidney Stones (and How to Avoid Them)
The Hidden Culprits: 5 Surprising Foods That Cause Kidney Stones (and How to Avoid Them)
The foods most likely to cause kidney stones are high in oxalate (spinach, nuts, beets), sodium, animal protein, or added sugar — they raise the minerals that form crystals in... Read more...
The "climate-sleep" connection: Why consistency is the new wellness frontier
The "climate-sleep" connection: Why consistency is the new wellness frontier
For years, we’ve defined sleep health by duration, basically, how many hours you clock each night. But a groundbreaking new study¹ shows that sleep regularity—sticking to the same bedtime and... Read more...
Withings Year In Health: How Our Community Moved, Slept, and Lived in 2025
Withings Year In Health: How Our Community Moved, Slept, and Lived in 2025
Beyond the numbers, the 2025 Withings Year In Health data reveals a story of a global community navigating the ebb and flow of modern life. It’s a narrative of collective... Read more...
Body Scan vs. DEXA scan: Withings’ connected scale shows 99% reliability
Body Scan vs. DEXA scan: Withings’ connected scale shows 99% correlation
For decades, stepping on a scale meant seeing just one number: your weight. But two people weighing 175 lbs can have radically different health profiles depending on their muscle mass... Read more...
Can You Fast Without Losing Sleep? What Science (and ScanWatch) Says About Intermittent Fasting
Can You Fast Without Losing Sleep? What Science (and ScanWatch) Says About Intermittent Fasting
Intermittent fasting—specifically the popular 16:8 method (fasting for 16 hours and eating during an 8-hour window)—is more than just a trend. It’s a lifestyle many of us adopt to improve... Read more...
Research Year in Review: The Lab in Your Living Room
Research Year in Review: The Lab in Your Living Room
At Withings, we’ve always believed that the most profound health discoveries shouldn't be confined to a hospital—they should happen in the place right where you live. For over a decade,... Read more...
Lessons in health technology: How Erik upgraded his daily wellness routine
Lessons in health technology: How Erik upgraded his daily wellness routine
Erik’s journey into connected health began with a smart scale acquired through an insurance incentive, which led to the creation of a comprehensive ecosystem of health devices. Read more about... Read more...
MBA to Triple-A: Jay is a healthy role model on and off the field
MBA to Triple-A: Jay is a healthy role model on and off the field
Ahead of the 2024 Paris games, we sat down with Jay Palais, a former pro baseball player, who is also a key member of the Withings finance team in the... Read more...
Digital motivation fuels Uwe’s health transformation
Digital motivation fuels Uwe’s health transformation
After a heart surgery forced him to rethink his lifestyle, find out how this caregiver learned to change his habits with technology that supported him on his quest for a... Read more...
ScanWatch Horizon VS ScanWatch Nova: What Changes for Your Health and Style?
ScanWatch Horizon VS ScanWatch Nova: What Changes for Your Health and Style?
Following the massive success of our rugged ScanWatch Horizon, we are proud to introduce its evolution: the ScanWatch Nova. Read more...
Bernd Improves His Health Beat By Beat
Bernd Improves His Health Beat By Beat
On his weight loss journey, Bernd Holst from Kiel, Germany has learned a lot about nutrition and its effects on his body. Step by step, he changed his habits and... Read more...
A Banker Invests In His Health
A Banker Invests In His Health
A banker from Rheinhessen, a well-known wine region in central Germany, wakes up one morning in November and decides to lose weight. And he actually follows through -— 53 kg... Read more...
The Physics of Perseverance: Melissa’s Cardiac Comeback Story
The Physics of Perseverance: Melissa’s Cardiac Comeback Story
Melissa Ziebell, pictured, is an optical engineer and resident of Pasadena, CA who has a health story that encapsulates the power of resilience and the will to overcome adversity. Her... Read more...
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