Want to contribute to Apple’s health research studies? Here’s how

In 2019, Apple launched the U.S.-exclusive Research app. It was designed to let its users enroll in health studies that would help shape new health-related features for its devices, as well as contribute to medical investigations with impact far beyond Apple’s ecosystem. Six years later, the app is still going strong. And if you live in the U.S. and would like to participate, here’s how to enroll. New features and real progress When Apple launched the Research app, it let users take part in three studies: The Apple Women’s Health Study, which helped develop the iPhone and Apple Watch Cycle Tracking feature, and let Harvard Chan School researchers “advance the scientific understanding around the relationship between persistently abnormal periods, polycystic ovary syndrome, and endometrial hyperplasia and cancer.”; The Apple Heart and Movement Study, which collected data for more than five years and, among other things, helped Apple develop the Walk Steadiness feature of the Apple W ... Read full article.