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Apple used AI models to discover Apple Watch’s new Hypertension Notification feature
Building on its suite of advanced health features, Apple Watch Series 11 introduces groundbreaking hypertension notifications, which can…
Your Apple Watch might know more about your health than your doctor
Over the past decade, Apple Watch has redefined what a watch can do. Apple executives and other experts discuss the promises and perils…
How Apple Watch can know when you’re sick days before actual symptoms
Apple Watch users have been pleasantly surprised to find that the Vitals app, part of the latest watchOS update, can now predict potential…
Apple Watch users find Vitals app detects Illness even prior to symptoms
Apple’s new Vitals app for watchOS 11 appears to be impressing some users with its ability to detect potential illness days before symptoms…
Apple introduces groundbreaking health features to support conditions impacting billions of people
Apple today unveiled breakthrough sleep and hearing health features coming to Apple Watch and AirPods Pro 2 that further deliver on…
Apple introduces AirPods 4 and the world’s first all-in-one hearing health experience with AirPods Pro 2
Apple today announced a groundbreaking new lineup of AirPods models and features. The new AirPods 4 are the most advanced and…
Apple’s AirPods may soon get a new health feature
Apple’s iOS 18 is widely expected to be announced at WWDC on June 10th and Apple’s AirPods could get a significant software update…
Apple’s fight over Apple Watch patents could slow its health initiatives
Apple’s long-simmering patent headache over Apple Watch could slow the company’s rollout of new health features…
Apple continues push to make Apple Watch the ultimate all-in-one medical device
Apple is continuing work on making Apple Watch the ultimate health-tracking wrist computer, but it could take years as the company…
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak suffers minor stroke
Apple co-founder Steve “Woz” Wozniak had minor stroke in Mexico while attending World Business Forum in Mexico City…
Apple is interested in serving ‘the worried well,’ not in ‘post-sick health care’
With a slew of health features and technologies both on the market and still incubating, Apple is mainly interested in serving…
Apple explores using Vision Pro for mental health diagnosis, treatment
Apple is exploring the use of its Vision Pro headset to diagnose and treat mental and other health issues, sources with direct knowledge…
New Apple research highlights the health benefits of pickleball and tennis
Researchers from the Apple Heart and Movement Study share new insights into one of the fastest-growing sports around the world: pickleball…
Your Apple Watch band could carry shocking levels of bacteria
Yum, bacteria. Great in your probiotic yogurt. Not as yummy on your Apple Watch band. You might want to clean that thing, or at least…
Apple Watch X with blood pressure monitor looks like a big winner – analyst
Apple is expected to release a tenth anniversary edition of its Apple Watch sometime in the next year or two, and one analyst, Evercore…
Apple launches new health data privacy campaign
Apple has launched a new campaign highlighting the importance of keeping health data private and secure and how the company is focused…
Apple plans AI-powered health coaching service and mood tracker
Apple is working on an artificial intelligence-powered health coaching service and new mood tracking technology, its latest attempt to…
Study shows Apple Watch can help predict pain levels in people with Sickle Cell Disease
Sickle cell disease, a genetic red blood cell disorder associated with severe complications including chronic anemia, stroke, and…
Researchers find Apple Watch ECG sensor can accurately predict stress levels
Researchers from the University of Waterloo have found that the Apple Watch’s ECG sensor can be used to accurately predict stress levels …
New Mayo Clinic study shows Apple Watch can help detect another potentially life-threatening heart condition
A new study by researchers at Mayo Clinic shows that an Apple Watch and its ECG feature can help early detect heart abnormalities…
Gene Munster: Apple’s health and wellness investments will have a big payoff
U.S. health and wellness accounts for 20% of the GDP. Loup Funds’ Gene Munster expects that over the next two decades, Apple, Amazon…
How Apple products are helping to advance personal health, research, and care
Today Apple shared a new report that offers a snapshot of the ways Apple products are empowering people to be at the center of their health …
Apple executives spotlight new Apple Watch health features
At Apple’s WWDC last week, a variety of new health-related features were introduced that cover not only the Apple Watch lineup…
Apple VP Dr. Sumbul Desai discusses benefits of Apple Watch health features (with video)
In a new interview with CBS Sunday Morning, Apple VP Dr. Sumbul Desai discusses Apple Watch features including heart rate monitoring, cardio…
Apple Watch is able to detect heart arrhythmias other than AFib – study
According to new research published this week in American Heart Association Journal, Apple Watch can detect heart arrhythmias other than…
New research shows that Respiratory Rate can be monitored using Apple AirPods
Researchers at Apple can now estimate Respiratory Rate (RR) from breath audio monitored from AirPods’ microphones, according to a new…
Apple’s iCloud, Health, and Artificial Intelligence teams see significant departures
Apple’s iCloud, Health, and Artificial Intelligence teams are seeing departures, Mark Gurman reports via his “Power On” newsletter for…
Facebook explores integrating Oculus workout data with Apple Health
According to code discovered in the Oculus iOS app, Facebook is exploring the idea of allowing users to synchronize workout data from Oculus…
Apple Watch’s secret and changeable data algorithms pose research problems
Apple Watch’s secret and changeable data algorithms are an issue for researchers due to inconsistent data…
Apple iPhone photo helps Georgia mom discover her baby’s rare cancer
A photo taken on a Georgia mother’s Apple iPhone saved her baby’s life. Josie Rock, a 41-year-old parent of three from Gainesville…
There is no established evidence that Apple AirPods harm your health
There is no established evidence to warrant advising people against using wireless devices like Apple AirPods or other Bluetooth earbuds…
Apple’s key to its health ambitions: Class II Apple Watch features
It’ll be unlikely that Apple will builds a public-facing primary health care network, but instead devices, like Apple Watch, and data can be…
Apple’s plans to offer primary-care health service, other health initiatives, falter
Apple CEO Tim Cook has said the company’s greatest contribution to mankind will be in health. Yet, to date, some Apple initiatives aimed at…
Apple Watch users with heart issues get more medical procedures, but don’t overwhelm doctors with worried calls
Apple Watch users with irregular heartbeats aren’t overwhelming doctors with worried calls, but they are more likely to get a heart proced…
Study: Apple Watch and iPhone could monitor and assess cardiovascular patients
Frailty and functional capacity could be monitored remotely in cardiovascular patients via data acquired by an iPhone and Apple Watch …
Apple CEO Tim Cook wants to make health and wellness the company’s greatest legacy
Apple launched Apple Watch Series 6 with the slogan, “The future of health is on your wrist.” Which fits well with Apple CEO Tim Cook’s goal…
Apple Watch anniversary gift saves 58-year-old runner’s life
Last September, Lori March gave her husband Bob an Apple Watch for their 17th wedding anniversary. It ended up saving the 58-year-old runner…
Apple Watch Series 7 said to feature non-invasive blood glucose monitoring
The Apple Watch Series 7 due later this year will feature blood glucose monitoring via an optical sensor. Measuring blood glucose levels…
Apple unveils ‘Time to Walk,’ an inspiring audio walking experience for Apple Fitness+
Apple today unveiled Time to Walk, an inspiring new audio walking experience on Apple Watch for Fitness+ subscribers, created to encourage…
Imagining future Apple Services: Mail+, Maps+, Podcasts+, Stocks+, Health+
Apple’s Services could see the introduction of new services including Mail+, Maps+, Podcasts+, Stocks+, and Health+…
Move over Peloton, Apple could become a fitness powerhouse with Fitness+
Apple Fitness+, the first fitness experience built around Apple Watch, delivers inclusive and welcoming studio-style workouts…
