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Apple preps all-new Health app with AI doctor
Apple’s service would leverage a new “AI doctor” designed to emulate, to a certain degree, the capabilities of a human physician…
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…
watchOS 11 expected to enable blood pressure management; new Apple Watch required
watchOS 11 will reportedly enable blood pressure management, but a new, as-yet-unannounced Apple Watch will be required for users…
Siri can now help Apple Watch, iPhone, and iPad users access and log their Health app data
watchOS 10.2, iOS 17.2, and iPadOS 17.2 are available as of Monday, allowing Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2, iPhone, and iPad…
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…
How to check your VO2 max on your Apple Watch
Apple Watch can estimate your cardio fitness level and send you a notification when it’s low. Cardio fitness is a measurement of VO2 max …
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 plans new nutrition, hardware subscriptions, and payment services
Apple as explored offering an all-new groceries service that integrates with the Health app and is planning to introduce several improvements…
Mayo Clinic algorithm for Apple Watch shows early promise in detecting heart problems
Mayo Clinic is exploring the feasibility of using an algorithm to detect a weak heart pump from electrocardiograms recorded on Apple Watch …
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…
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 advances personal health by introducing secure sharing and new insights
Apple today previewed advanced consumer health and wellness insights for users, as well as new tools for supporting loved ones. Building…
Cardio fitness notifications are available today on Apple Watch
With iOS 14.3 and watchOS 7.2, Apple Watch users can view their cardio fitness level in the Health app on iPhone, and receive a notification…
Health in iOS 13: A foundation for Apple’s grand wellness ambitions
Apple’s Health app first debuted in 2014 as part of iOS 8. In the five years since its launch, Health has been one of the only iOS apps to receive redesigns every couple of years…
Apple Watch’s ECG app and AFib alerts: What cardiologists want you to know
Last year, to much fanfare, Apple announced two new additions to the Apple Watch…
Apple continues expanding into health care by selling blood glucose monitor that closely integrates with iPhone and Apple Watch
Some Apple retail locations now sell a glucose monitor that integrates with the iPhone to give people with diabetes a way to track their blood sugar…
Apple might soon be the best choice for tracking your period
Apple says you’ll be able to log “important information” on menstrual cycles and alerts for your next period. You can also opt into notifications about fertile windows and the Cycle Tracking app will let you log your flow and symptoms…
Apple’s iOS 13 offers Dark Mode, advanced photo and camera features, ‘Sign In with Apple,’ and an all-new Maps experience
Apple today previewed iOS 13, introducing a dramatic new look for iPhone with Dark Mode and new ways to browse and edit photos, sign in to apps and websites, and navigate the world with an all-new map. iOS 13 is faster and more responsive with optimizations across the system that improve app launch, reduce app download sizes and make Face ID even faster…
Apple CEO Cook on Health Records privacy: I want to ‘deeply trust’ the ‘people that have my health data’
The global health care industry is expected to reach $10 trillion by 2022…
Apple job openings for health-related positions up 400% since 2017
Based on hiring data trends, it appears Apple has every intention to continue to invest in health technology…
Apple’s digital health plan puts the iPhone and Apple Watch at the heart of your wellbeing
Digital health is where big tech firms want to be right now…
Apple’s next really big thing: Health
Transforming consumer health is Apple’s next really big thing…
Apple patent application details non-invasive glucose monitoring tech for Apple Watch
A patent application published Thursday potentially offers clues into Apple’s rumored non-invasive glucose monitoring solution…
I’m going to beat my type-2 diabetes, thanks to Apple
After being diagnosed with Type-2 diabetes, I turned to Apple to help me to improve my health and make better…
Back to the iPhone future: Lessons from a decade of Apple influence in medicine
In early 2008 — on the brink of the second generation iPhone’s release — emergency medicine doctor Michael Omori…
Can me-too Google’s me-too ‘Google Fit’ catch up with Apple’s revolutionary HealthKit?
Not long after Apple launched its health platform HealthKit on iOS in mid-2014…
UPMC Susquehanna’s new surgical center supported by Apple technology
An Apple a day keeps the doctor away…
Apple reportedly working on sleep tracker for the Apple Watch
During the unveiling of the new Apple Watch, the iPhone-maker presented the wearable as primarily a fitness device…
Apple to expand HealthKit from tracker to diagnosis tool; new Apple Watch apps for sleep tracking, fitness levels in pipeline
So far Apple Inc.’s HealthKit has mostly collected fitness data from its devices…
Apple acquires Gliimpse
The company was started in 2013, and funded by serial entrepreneur Anil Sethi, who has spent the past decade…
Apple rehires Flipboard co-founder Evan Doll to develop health software
Apple Inc. has hired Flipboard co-Founder Evan Doll to help the world’s largest publicly trading technology…
Apple invention turns Apple Watch into a full-fledged medical device
A patent application published Thursday suggests Apple is working to turn Apple Watch into…
Apple’s iOS 9 fixes HealthKit’s woman problem
Apple is fixing its iOS 8 mistake in iOS 9 with…
Survey: Apple Watch positively impacting users’ health and fitness
Over 78% of users agreed or strongly agreed that since getting the Apple Watch…
Apple unveils all-new iPod touch with 64-bit Apple A8 chip, M8 motion coprocessor, 8MP camera, and Apple Music
Apple today introduced and all-new iPod touch and unveiled a new lineup of colors for all iPod models…
With iOS 9, iPhone now tracks sexual activity
Apple’s iPhone will now let people track exactly how often, when and how they have sex…
Apple finally acknowledges that women’s periods exist
If you’re not already using your iPhone’s Health app…
Why I’m breaking down and buying an Apple Watch
I’ve gone back and forth over the last several weeks trying to decide whether…
How Apple Watch stacks up as a health-and-fitness tracker
One of the proposed benefits of wearable technology is the notion of having…
Warning: Once you’ve seen and touched Apple Watch, resistance is futile
Trying it on is crucial…
FDA ‘taking a very light touch’ on regulating the Apple Watch
With Apple Inc. and fellow Silicon Valley companies edging further into health care…
