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Health insurer Anthem is hiring Apple staff for next-gen health services
Apple’s expertise in app design means competing firms are digging deep to recruit company talent…
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 patent application hints at Apple Watch ‘smartbands’
Future Apple Watch bands may have additional features and do more than simply keep the smart watch on your wrist…
Apple’s watchOS 6 delivers App Store and even more health and fitness capabilities to Apple Watch
Apple Watch has become an indispensable part of our customers’ everyday lives, from helping users stay connected to the people and information they care about, to inspiring them to live a better and more active day…
We’re still waiting on ‘smartbands’ for our Apple Watch
A smarter watch band will play a crucial role in Apple Watch’s future as a personal technology device…
NPD: Apple Watch is ‘the clear leader’ in strongly growing U.S. smartwatch market
U.S. smartwatch sales experienced strong growth with 16% of U.S. adults now owning a smartwatch…
Apple hires prominent obstetrician, signaling interest in women’s health
Apple’s health team has hired an obstetrician to look into how the company can bolster its efforts in women’s health, among other projects…
Apple Watch fall detection save user’s life after bad fall
Apple Watch Series 4 has a fall detection functionality…
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…
Johnson & Johnson announces research study with Apple Watch to help improve AFib outcomes including stroke prevention
Johnson & Johnson today announced that they’ve entered into a research study in collaboration with Apple Inc. to investigate whether a new heart health…
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…
How Apple’s smart clothing will be good for you
An Apple patent shows the company is exploring use of smart textiles for connected clothing…
New Apple Watch helps New Hampshire man detect he was in atrial fibrillation
What started as a fun tech gift around Christmas ended up helping detect a serious heart condition…
Apple’s next really big thing: Health
Transforming consumer health is Apple’s next really big thing…
Is Apple Watch causing a run on emergency rooms?
When Apple introduced the Apple Watch Series 4 in September, one of the biggest revelations…
Apple patent application reveals personal trainer app with adaptable machine learning
A new patent application from Apple in Europe describes exercise programs that could match the quality of a personal trainer…
Apple Watch alerts man to life-threatening heart problem
Yup, you’re in AFib. This thing may have just saved your life…
New Apple Watch features will transform heart health
Today, with a software update, Apple switched on two highly anticipated features of its popular wearable…
Apple patent application reveals future AirPods with more biometric sensors
The invention involves positioning a biometric sensor along an exterior surface of an earbud so it can be placed in direct contact…
Study shows active Apple Watch users gain extra years of life
A global study conducted for a large insurance company with tech giant Apple has concluded…
John Hancock and Vitality prove Apple Watch incentives boost physical activity rates by more than 30 percent
High-intensity activity days increased by 52 percent…
Life insurance companies are luring Apple Watch users with deals
Apple Watches are increasingly part of everyday life…
Apple’s AirPods 2 may have already received Bluetooth certification, include ‘wellness sensors’
The next-gen of Apple AirPods, the premium truly wireless Bluetooth earphones…
Apple Watch and watchOS fall detection credited with saving man in Sweden
Apple Watch Series 4 isn’t just a nice looking watch…
Paramedic: Yes, the Apple Watch Series 4 will save lives
I’ve seen strokes from atrial fibrillation (AFib), slip and falls…
How Apple could turn the Apple Watch into a blood pressure monitor
In September, Apple announced an electrocardiogram, or EKG, for its Apple Watch
Wowed by Apple Watch’s ECG? Wait ’til you see what’s next
Apple’s newly developed ECG reading tool on Apple Watch may or may not gain approval for use…
New initiative offers free accidental death insurance to Apple Watch owners
Consumers who own an Apple Watch are being offered $1,000 of accidental death insurance coverage…
Apple Watch Series 4’s electrocardiogram feature could do more harm than good
One of the most surprising announcements at Apple’s annual hardware event on Wednesday…
The Apple Watch is getting an important new feature for monitoring heart health
When Apple Watch was first released in 2015, it came with a built-in basic heart rate monitor…
How Apple Watch saved my life
I’ve decided that I will be an Apple Watch customer as long as that product exists. That means I’m also going to be an iPhone customer for life as well…
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…
Apple Watch saves another life
Plenty of people would argue they can’t live without their Apple Watch, but for Adam Love…
Losing 60 pounds with the help of the Apple Watch
Ask anyone on the street if they like being nagged, and I’ll bet they’ll tell you….
How my Apple Watch helped me through another health crisis
In May 2016, my body decided to suddenly surprise me with multiple blood clots…
Why you shouldn’t worry about radiation from your Wi-Fi router or iPhone
There’s a lot of bad ‘science’ floating around about radio frequency and electromagnetic field exposure…
Apple Heart Study ramps up with new invitations for Apple Watch owners (plus another inconsistency from Apple)
Apple Watch owners are being emailed and invited to sign up for the Apple Heart Study…
Future-gen Apple Watches could analyze your bicep curl or golf swing
A patent recently filed by Apple seeks to use advanced sensors on a newly designed Apple Watch band…
Doctors find iPhone app better at assessing heart blood flow than ‘gold standard’ Allen test
Scientists have found that a smartphone application performed a better wrist-artery blood flow assessment…
iPad app could make cancer screening as easy as booking a hotel room online
Say ordering a cancer screening test was as easy as booking a hotel room online….
Study suggests AliveCor KardiaBand for Apple Watch can be used with AI algorithm to detect high potassium
AliveCor, the company that makes an FDA-approved EKG band for the Apple Watch called KardiaBand…