Minute Insight: Apple Watch Now Features FDA-Cleared App To Monitor Parkinson’s Disease Symptoms

A newly cleared Apple Watch app will allow people living with Parkinson’s to more easily track tremors, dyskinesia and other symptoms.

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H2o Therapeutics announced on 20 November it has received 510(k) marketing clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration for its prescription mobile app Parky to monitor Parkinson’s disease symptoms such as tremors and dyskinesia using the Apple Watch.

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