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Apple donates 1,000 watches to eating disorder study
The use of Apple Watches in medical studies now includes research into eating disorders. Apple is donating 1,000 smartwatches to a University of North Carolina study (the Binge Eating Genetics Initiative, or BEGIN) that will help understand bulimia nervosa patients and others with binge eating behavior. The wristwear will track heart rates over a month-long period to see if there are any spikes ahead of binging incidents. If there are, it might be possible to alert caregivers and patients before these acts take place.
They either have too many unwanted smartwatches laying around, or want doctors to prescribe the Apple Watch treatment.
Also at 9to5Mac and Fast Company.
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(Score: 2) by ledow on Tuesday October 16 2018, @12:40PM (5 children)
At £400 each, I'm fairly sure you'd just do more good by giving the university researchers £400,000.
(or whatever US equivalent)
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday October 16 2018, @12:47PM
Hold up. They might be peddling them for 400 of your British funny money, but it only costs them ~$80 to make one (or $160, tops [mobileforward.net]).
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(Score: 3, Touché) by DannyB on Tuesday October 16 2018, @01:46PM (2 children)
For that much, those Apple Watches better taste pretty darn good for this Binge Eating Study. I strongly suspect I could find better tasting items for less.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 3, Funny) by MostCynical on Tuesday October 16 2018, @08:27PM (1 child)
Most binge eaters seem to stay away from fruit, so something labelled "apple" should be safe
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday October 17 2018, @03:26PM
Apple watches are probably edible.
General rule: almost anything is edible, at least once.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday October 16 2018, @11:06PM
Yea naah, mate.
They just bought themselves about 3years worth of keeping the doctor away.
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