health tracking Smartwatches and fitness trackers are some of the features that buyers keep an eye on. Apple It has been one of the brands that has always been at the forefront of adding new healthcare features to its wearables. Now, it looks like the next apple watch may be able to detect Parkinson’s disease As the US Food and Drug Administration in the wearer (FDA) approved the Apple Watch app to collect symptom-related data from someone who has been diagnosed with parkinson’s According to a report by PCMag, Disease.
The app is called DrivePD and is developed by rune labs, a startup based in San Francisco, California. some major symptoms of parkinson’sThe disease is characterized by tremors or tremors in the finger, thumb, hand or chin, loss of balance, slowness of movements (bradykinesia), muscle stiffness, etc. Parkinson’s causes involuntary and uncontrollable movements and a loss of automatic movements in the patient, affecting their ability to walk, blink, smile and/or speak.
Rune Labs wants to “radically change what it means to be a Parkinson’s patient” by gaining more visibility into data that could accelerate drug development and treatment, the report said.
Apple can also see other health areas to track using the Apple Watch. Tech analyst John Prosser claimed in the ‘Geared Up’ podcast that the upcoming watchOS The feature could allow the Apple Watch to detect whether the wearer is hyperventilating. According to the technical analyst, this will be done by measuring the heart rate and the oxygen saturation level in the blood.
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