Smart watches for medical diagnostics

[wtg]

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20241025-the-smartwatches-that-can-predict-parkinsons-disease

[George K]

The SpO2 monitor on Apple Watch 10 has been disabled in the US because of a patent dispute.

I have a model 8 - it still works.

[xenon]

I've been wearing a smart watch for a few years - I'm floored at the amount of historical data I have on myself.

My HRV, sleep stages, resting heart rate, etc. -> all of this reacts very predictably to things like high sugar intake, alcohol, exercise, fasting, etc.

If medical researchers can somehow get their hands on this data I'm sure they'd find an absolute ton of predictive indicators.