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Apple Donates 1,000 Apple Watches to Binge Eating Study

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday October 16 2018, @10:22AM   Printer-friendly
from the an-apple-a-day... dept.

takyon writes:

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 takyon on Tuesday October 16 2018, @01:26PM (2 children)

    by takyon (881) <{takyon} {at} {soylentnews.org}> on Tuesday October 16 2018, @01:26PM (#749510) Journal

    I wonder what's more effective at treating bulimia nervosa, an Apple Watch or 81 blunts...

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 16 2018, @03:39PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 16 2018, @03:39PM (#749560)

    I wonder what's more effective at redirecting wealth from the working class to big pharma for pseudo-science and quackery that doesn't work, making billions of dollars per year off human misery and sickness that could be easily treated with a blunt a day, an Apple Watch or 81 blunts...

    FTFY

    But no. We'll never fucking have nice things south of the border here. Why? Because people are fucking idiots that believe the bullshit and FUD and big pharma propaganda. We'll NEVER. never. NEVER. ever. NEVER. Not a snowball's fucking chance in hell. Catch me some bacon in a butterfly net first because NEVER EVER NEVER NEVER.

    OMG ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE IN CANADA! EVERYBODY IS GETTING HIGH BEFORE WORK! GDP FALLS TO NEGATIVE NUMBERS! RUSSIAN SOLDIERS!

    Just launch the nukes already and kill us all. I welcome death.