Apple Watch making ‘unmistakeable progress’ in identifying Parkinson’s disease – AppleInsider

Research into predicting and monitoring Parkinson’s disease using the Apple Watch is now sufficiently advanced that the FDA has been clearing apps for doctors and patients.

The ability of the Apple Watch to take periodic health measurements has transformed medical research in many fields. Back in 2015, Apple’s Jeff Williams announced the then-new ResearchKit tool, specifically for helping track data — including for researchers working on Parkinson’s.

Now according to medical journal Stat, there is “unmistakable progress in the odyssey that brought the [Parkinson’s] tracking technology to people’s wrists.”