So what are you trying to tell me?
I distinctly remember trolls claiming Apple not including glucose monitoring in the Apple Watch like some manufacturers was Apple falling behind in innovation.
Will take a long time for Apple to launch an Apple watch with non invasive blood sugar measurement.
Should have came with gen 1 or 2.Indeed. If the Apple Watch Ultra 3 gets this feature, I will actually buy it even though I have an Apple Watch Ultra 2. As this is a game changer.
Yes, and if there was a warp drive, we could all travel to Mars in no time at all, but there isn't one. So what?If, and when, it is available on your Apple Watch you:
1. Save money, assuming you have insurance co-pays.
2. If your Apple watch lasts 5 years that is $5K that insurance would not have to pay. When you have thousands of people saving that much then that gives your insurance options to cover more expensive drugs or drop their rates. Confess I don't know how the German system works though.
3. Avoid the inconvenience and minor infection risk of inserting it every couple of weeks
4. It would be right on your wrist. No need to pull out your phone to tap the sensor for a reading
Just a few advantages off the top of my head.
Glucose monitoring is completely different than blood pressure or heart rate monitoring.There's nothing wrong with using this tech. But it shouldn't be a substitute. If my Apple Watch says my heart rate spiked, I verify with a blood pressure monitor that shows heart rate data.
Yes, that is where the problems show up. For me it is super accurate and differs by maybe 10mg most of the time (you have to take the 10-15 minute latency into account).Well, as a T2 diabetic, Freestyle Libre isn’t 100% accurate either.
The other thing to note, Apple Watches are NOT medical devices. Apple warns users to always verify the information with a healthcare provider before taking necessary action against their health.so in other words, if you're not doing the necessary rigor and go the the FDA process and get approval/clearance - you're a scam.
I think I've seen posts here in the AW forums that some chines makers already offer this, so why is Apple behind? - for the above
They didn't ban the devices, so you can get them if you want them.Stupid ass overreach. Why can't I have a glucose monitoring because people are diabetic? Glucose monitoring is amazing for sports.
If people are diabetic and use a sports watch for glucose monitoring, it's their own fault as it is not a medical device.
See this is the problem with a lack of critical thinking in the population. The error can be both ways, so it is possible that you have "heart rate is above /below normal" and the watch or ring does NOT report it.. . . .
If I receive an alert that my heart rate is above /below normal, you better believe that I’m going to an urgent care then booking an appointment with my cardiologist.
It will be incredible if Apple can pull this off. 24/7 blood glucose monitoring would be a game changer. I'd ditch my mechanical watches for this.
True, which is why you should always write down the symptoms that you are experiencing and constantly check in with your primary physician. No at-home device is a substitute for a professionalSee this is the problem with a lack of critical thinking in the population. The error can be both ways, so it is possible that you have "heart rate is above /below normal" and the watch or ring does NOT report it.
I'm not sure I trust the FDA anymore. Not saying they are wrong in this instance, but I would not just automatically assume they are right either. I wonder how many medical device manufacturers see this as a threat and using their government connections to eliminate it? The truth is, with the government "following the money" seems to be a worthy endeavor.
The FDA comments have nothing to do with Apple. FDA advises that people should not use smart watches that claim to measure blood glucose levels - cause they don't measure blood glucose levels.
When/If Apple releases a device that measure blood glucose, it will either be a "general trend" and thus not require the whole FDA approval process, or, it will be a device that provides accurate data so that type 1 diabetics can adjust their insulin intake accordingly, and that device will be an FDA approved medical device. IMHO the 2nd one will never be integrated into an AW ...
The warning is nothing to do with Apple which sales no such technology, it is aimed at products that exist now and are being sold with unreliable claims about their abilities.
MacRumors has only reported on it because it is a market area which Apple hope to operate one-day.
True, which is why you should always write down the symptoms that you are experiencing and constantly check in with your primary physician. No at-home device is a substitute for a professional
The other thing to note, Apple Watches are NOT medical devices. Apple warns users to always verify the information with a healthcare provider before taking necessary action against their health.
If I receive an alert that my heart rate is above /below normal, you better believe that I’m going to an urgent care then booking an appointment with my cardiologist.
Makes sense why the FDA is being strict. Too bad they don't do this for everything.
FDA is underfunded. Maybe we can debate whether they are inefficient, but still they need more resources to do all of the things we ask of them. FDA asked for more money last year but Congress still has not approved the FY2024 budgets. So it is kind of a catch-22: we don't fund (or trust) them and at the same time complain that they don't do enough things right.The FDA is a mess.
The mRNA COVID vaccines were developed in about a week once the virus was sequenced. It took nearly a year for the FDA to approve them, and that was considered extremely fast. But when an extremely profitable drug clearly doesn't work, as most of us knew all along about phenylephrine, it takes them many years to even admit it, and they still haven't pulled it off the market even though they know it's no more effective than placebo.
I don't know if Apple has a working blood glucose monitor ready for the watch yet. But with the pressure from the entrenched medical device manufacturers, once they do have it ready it'll take years for the FDA to approve it, and that means many unnecessary years of daily painful finger stabs for millions of people.
I feel like checking blood glucose levels for diabetes management is a very different thing than checking it for general health.
…But people like my grandmothers, who is Diabetic but does not have to regularly monitor her blood sugar (it's well under control and has been for a very long time), could absolutely get an indicator that might suggest to her that she should check using her regular glucose meter.
So will the inventor of the warp drive or stem cell therapies.I think the first company that can figure out how to measure blood glucose level without using having to draw blood and is not complex to use like a Freestyle Libre is going to make a fortune. Especially if they can fit it all into a smartwatch.