[HN Gopher] Apple Watch can detect sleep apnea
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       Apple Watch can detect sleep apnea
        
       Author : alwillis
       Score  : 8 points
       Date   : 2024-09-09 20:43 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (appleinsider.com)
        
       | pseudoramble wrote:
       | This is actually a really cool feature. I've never had any
       | interest in an Apple Watch, but this is something I'd be
       | genuinely interested in. Too bad it requires an iPhone largely.
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       | I think there are other less time intensive methods outside of a
       | sleep study, but it is nice to simplify it down to just wearing
       | this and finding out!
        
       | ein0p wrote:
       | That's cool and all but there's not a lot we can do about it
       | still. I cannot fall asleep in a mask. The only thing that works
       | for me is sleeping with my mouth shut. If it's open I end up
       | still suffocating, but I worked out a sleeping position for
       | myself where that's unlikely. Also, this is anatomy dependent, so
       | some folks can snore and suffocate even if they breathe through
       | their nose. Which is to say, our ability to deal with the issues
       | these devices may uncover hasn't really meaningfully progressed
       | in several decades, and knowing that you have something isn't
       | really much help in that case.
        
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