The Apple Heart Study, an Apple Watch-based ResearchKit study using the heart rate sensor to look at potential arrhythmias, is launching today, the Cupertino tech giant told MobiHealthNews. Apple ...

Johnson & Johnson will test the Apple Watch’s ability to perform early detection and diagnosis of atrial fibrillation, a type of irregular heartbeat that can act as a sign of stroke. The randomized, ...

The first thing that always crosses my mind when testing fitness wearables is how accurate the data is. Smartwatches and fitness trackers aren't cheap, and if you're using them to monitor something as ...

Artificial intelligence can use smartwatch data to detect heart disease, a new study says. AI fed heart sensor data from an Apple Watch accurately detected heart problems like weakened pumping ability ...

So much of our health is invisible even to ourselves, and one of the biggest barriers to better health is simply not knowing what's going on,' says Apple’s Steve Waydo, director for health sensing.

Researchers say the watch’s failure to alert nearly 60 per cent of individuals with undiagnosed hypertension creates ‘false ...