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Benzinga
Benzinga
Health
Shanthi Rexaline

FDA OKs Apple Watch To Help Monitor Symptoms Of Parkinson's Disease

A San Francisco-based software company received permission from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to use Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) wearable technology to track Parkinson's symptoms.

Rune Labs' StrivePD software "draws data directly from Apple's Movement Disorder API, which provides a power-efficient approach to measuring and recording tremors and dyskinetic symptoms common in patients with Parkinson's disease," the company explained in a prepared statement.

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