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Apple Invites Its Users Into Major Years-Long Health Study


Can the iPhone, AirPods, or the Apple Watch play a role in improving health? Apple says they want to find out. "In medical research, discoveries are often limited by the number of participants who can be recruited, the amount of data that can be captured, and the duration of a given study," the co...

"In medical research, discoveries are often limited by the number of participants who can be recruited, the amount of data that can be captured, and the duration of a given study," the company said in a blog post this week. "But Apple devices expand the possibilities..." This new longitudinal, virtual study aims to understand how data from technology — including Apple and third-party devices — can be used to predict, detect, monitor, and manage changes in participants' health. Apple CEO Tim Cook previously said he believes health features will be the company's "most important contribution to mankind...."

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