Apple Highlights Its Growing Role in Promoting Personal Health and Supporting the Medical Community

[TTTedP]

Love my Apple Watch and the Health app. My only complaint is that I have all this data and not much to do with it.

try out Health Fit or Athlytic

 

[flofixer]

Its primary unsafe-ness seems to come from its potential to fail to trigger anything.

For example, you think it will notice some heart rhythm oddity and rely on it. But if it doesn't, you carry on unaware and suffer.

You would carry on unaware and suffer if you didn't have the watch to begin with. Don't make the assumption that it will pick up an abnormality and I would say you'd be "safe".

 

[polyphenol]

You would carry on unaware and suffer if you didn't have the watch to begin with. Don't make the assumption that it will pick up an abnormality and I would say you'd be "safe".

That's why I used the word "rely". And people do rely on a variety of devices to detect heart issues. And with blood glucose, relying would be a key part of it.

 

[svish]

Good to see Apple in health space. Hopefully with more sensors on Apple Watch, Apple can expand.

 

[polyphenol]

Another health function for Apple?

Pees and queues.

Lower urinary tract symptoms are common and affect an estimated 60% of men and 57% of women. These can be detected using a gadget called a uroflowmetre, but patients often face delays getting to clinics to use one. Dr Lee Han Jie and Professor Ng Lay Guat, with colleagues at Singapore General Hospital and the Singapore University of Technology and Design have developed an artificial intelligence algorithm that is trained to listen to patients pass urine. From just the noise of peeing, the AI is able to identify abnormal flows and could be a useful and cost-effective means of monitoring and managing urology patients at home.

BBC Inside Science - Multiverses, melting glaciers and what you can tell from the noise of someone peeing - BBC Sounds

What came before the Big Bang; why the theory of the multiverse makes sense.

www.bbc.co.uk

(That link might be geographically restricted outside the UK - so too might be the availability of the radio program.)

The interviewee suggested their app might be available in two years.

 

[flofixer]

Another health function for Apple?

BBC Inside Science - Multiverses, melting glaciers and what you can tell from the noise of someone peeing - BBC Sounds

What came before the Big Bang; why the theory of the multiverse makes sense.

www.bbc.co.uk

(That link might be geographically restricted outside the UK - so too might be the availability of the radio program.)

The interviewee suggested their app might be available in two years.

That would be interesting. Although any smartphone or similar device could use the algorithm. Uroflowmetry is not very useful in women but may have limited value in some men with bladder outlet obstruction. I have some experience with this as you may guess by my username.

 

[dk001]

As Apple continues to add functionality and sensors, maybe they should give some thought to a couple of different functional models.

 

[dantracht]

really cool. You did the work but I'm curious what motivation you got from the AW? Just consistently closing rings and following their challenges?

Yes, the motivation played a critical role.