When Apple Watch was first released in 2015, it came with a built-in basic heart rate monitor…
Tag: health
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…
UnitedHealthcare lets Apple Watch users can earn money for medical expenses
Anyone enrolled in UnitedHealthcare Motion can get an Apple Watch Series 3 and have the option to apply earnings from the program toward buying the device…
Apple’s preeminent Apple Watch: What does the future hold?
As the Apple Watch prepares to turn three, Apple’s preeminent wearable has hit an interesting inflection point…
Apple’s Tim Cook dishes on health, taxes, and the demise of physical currency
Consumers have been slower than expected to embrace using their phones to pay for goods…
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…
Apple Watches told fans they might be having heart attacks at end of crazy Vikings-Saints NFL playoff game
The last few minutes of the game alone saw multiple lead changes and an assortment of incredible plays…
Apple is developing an integrated EKG heart monitor for Apple Watch
“Apple Inc. is developing an advanced heart-monitoring feature for future versions of its smartwatch…
Health officials: Cellphone radiation could increase risk for brain cancer and tumors, low sperm count, headaches, impaired memory, hearing, and sleep
Harmful cellphone radiation and how you can avoid it…
This doctor diagnosed his own cancer with an iPhone ultrasound
Earlier this year, vascular surgeon John Martin was testing a pocket-sized ultrasound device…
John Hancock offers Apple Watch Series 3 for only $25 to all Vitality life insurance customers
John Hancock announced today it is expanding its Apple Watch program to all new and existing John Hancock Vitality life…
Apple may be poised to disrupt the retail healthcare market
Wall Street kept its cool Tuesday, Oct. 17, after reports surfaced that Apple Inc. was in talks…
Apple explored buying a health care clinic as part of a bigger push into health care
Apple has considered an expansion into health care clinics, and had talks to buy a start-up called Crossover Health…
Apple Watch saves another person’s life: ‘It would have been fatal’
The 28-year-old says he owes his life…
Apple patent application reveals sophisticated way for Apple Watch to measure blood pressure
Today the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple…
Why the Apple Watch won’t replace your doctor anytime soon
Apple is moving ahead with a plan to screen for disease with its Apple Watch…
Apple Heart Study could turn Apple Watch into a ‘must have’ for millions of patients
Apple is working with partners to test whether its smartwatch can be used to detect common heart conditions…
New Apple Watch Series 3 imminent, fitness revelations suggest
Apple has an advanced laboratory in its California HQ where it studies fitness and health….
What Apple and Aetna discussed about Apple Watch last week
Apple and Aetna conducted a series of meetings late last week to discuss the next step…
Apple and the future of the insurance industry
We carry health sensors on our wrist, and our Apple Watch is becoming our personal physician…
Apple and Aetna hold secret meetings to bring Apple Watch to the insurer’s 23 million members
The move by Aetna is part of its push to increase customer interest in a healthier lifestyle and a better tracking of diet…
Apple plans to release a cellular-capable Apple Watch later this year
Apple Inc. is planning to release a version of its smartwatch later this year…
Apple Watch Series 3 could sport MicroLED display, cellular connectivity, Apple Smartbands
Apple Watch Series 3 could offer a glass-film touchscreen…
Apple’s health and fitness push picks up steam as it turns 3
In what was one of the most packed WWDC keynotes in recent memory…
Apple Watch 3 rumor, er… watch
The Apple Watch Series 3 rumors we’ve heard suggest Cupertino plans on sticking with…
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…
Key Stanford researcher joins Apple’s digital healthcare talent pool
Apple Inc. is hiring Stanford’s digital health leader, Dr. Sumbul Desai…
Apple Watch sales could soar with new U.S. FDA plan
Apple Inc.’s Apple Watch has been what is probably best described as a modest success…
Apple hires Dr. Sumbul Desai, star of Stanford’s digital health efforts
Apple has quietly scooped up Dr. Sumbul Desai, the executive director of Stanford Medicine’s…
The benefits and perils of pervasive health monitoring
My piece on Apple’s glucose monitoring project spawned a number of interesting discussions…
Apple appears to be working on blood glucose monitoring as a way to address Type 2 Diabetes
Unlike Type 1 Diabetes, which is unpreventable, the Type 2 variety is, to be polite, a ‘lifestyle’ disease, meaning we eat too much and don’t exercise enough…
Apple CEO Tim Cook has been test-driving a device that tracks his blood sugar, connected to his Apple Watch
Tim Cook has been spotted at the Apple campus test-driving a device that tracks blood sugar…
