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Re:Apple Watch Likely to Gain BP, Blood Glucose, and Blood A... by ilaksh on Monday May 03, 2021 @07:35PM (#27032281)
These types of continuous monitoring systems, wrist mounted and also in smart toilets, will be required by insurance companies in the future.

I mean, the potential health benefits in terms of preventive care seem to be incredibly large to me.

Re:Apple Watch Likely to Gain BP, Blood Glucose, and Blood A... by deadA1ias on Monday May 03, 2021 @11:20PM (#27033723)
I hold/held the opinion. I've asked several of my doctor friends what they think of a future like this. They are all resoundingly pessimistic, due to the false positives they think would result and a general sense that it would result in unnecessary interventions.

It made some sense to me, but ultimately considered it would work out for the greater good.

Re:Apple Watch Likely to Gain BP, Blood Glucose, and Blood A... by ilaksh on Monday May 03, 2021 @11:52PM (#27033900)
If you think about something like cardiovascular disease or diabetes, it seems incredibly obvious that having a continuous stream of data with blood glucose, pulse, oxygen etc. would be extremely valuable.

So I feel like your doctors maybe don't understand or appreciate technology.