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Apple watches apparently so stuffed with censurific goodness that it can do things Apple didn't even intend, or perhaps didn't publicly intend.

Tech Crunch has word of a recent study run by the health startup cardiagram in conjunction with the University of California, San Francisco.

The piece says the study suggests wearables like the Apple Watch, Fitbit, and others are able to accurately

detect common but serious conditions like hypertension and sleep apnea.

And we know because Apple's chronometer has done it.

According to the report, Cardiogram and UCSF previously demonstrated the ability for Apple

Watch to detect abnormal heart rhythm with a 97% accuracy. This new study shows

the watch can detect sleep apnea with a 90% accuracy and hypertension with an

82% accuracy.

Both of those are potential trouble for people with them.

With 22 million people in the states affected,

sleep apnea is no joke.

It's a serious condition where the person affected stops breathing in their sleep and can lead to death, according to the peace.

Of course it happens while

hypertension, commonly referred to as high blood pressure affects 75 million

Americans. It puts them at risk for heart disease and stroke which the peace cites as the top

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