Health: the iPhone and Apple Watch to detect a neurocognitive deficit?

Mild cognitive impairment, orMCIin English, forMild Cognitive Impairement, is a cognitive disorder that several medical theoriesassociated with Alzheimer's disease. This could be the first phase of the disease, which is why its detection is essential for effective patient care and prevention of development towards neurodegenerative dementia.

But he is stilldifficult to detect symptoms of MCIin a person who suffers from it, it is mainly a question ofmild memory problems. The deficit is found in around 15% of those over 65.

But the iPhone and Apple Watch could have their role to play in this health problem linked to aging. In any case, this is what the Biogen laboratory will try to show using a new study launched recently.

This will involve determining whether the Apple watch and smartphone are capable, by underlying cognitive performance tests, ofdetect the first signs of mild cognitive impairment.

If the results confirm the initial hypothesis, the Apple Watch would be an even more useful health companion, especially for the elderly. With other advantages such as the ECG, capable of alerting in the event of heart problems, or even fall detection, implying the call to a contact in the event of the user falling, the watch, accompanied by the iPhone has long been no longer a simple connected piece of jewelry, but rather atrue ally for good health.

And if it made it possible to detect Alzheimer's disease in the future, Apple would also like to make oneanalysis tool for people with diabetes, but also an even more powerful device in terms of surveillance withblood pressure measurement.

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