May 27th, 2008 1:35 PM Eastern
Check Your Blood Pressure, Check Your Underwear
by Jessica Doyle
A new kind of men’s underwear is being designed to pick up information about arterial blood flow and blood pressure, reported London’s Daily Mail.
The underwear has at least four sensors in the waistband and would determine how fast blood is flowing through the arteries, according to the newspaper.
The technology would not work as well in women’s underwear because the waistbands would be too thin to accommodate the equipment.
Tags: aorta, arteries, blood flow, blood pressure, Daily Mail, heart disease, men, Philips, Smart Pants, underwear
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Say …why is it that men have larger waistbands anyway? I mean looking at the size of my wifes granny-pannies you would think she would need the larger waistband!!!! (just kidding)
Hey, my Dad had to have an aneurism repaired on his aorta that was of a very life threatening size and he had no clue of it being there. He is a stubborn old guy that never wanted to go to the doctor for any reason. If we could get him “protective” clothing like this…..we would!
I just started a blog about my Tongue Cancer and will be posting every other day during treatment of the cancer.