health tracking features in smartwatches and fitness trackers are something buyers keep an eye out for apple has been one of the brands thats always been at the forefront when it comes to adding new healthrelated features to its wearables now it seems that the next apple watch may be able to detect parkinsons disease in the wearer as the us food and drug administration fda has approved an apple watch app to collect the symptomrelated data from someone whos been diagnosed with parkinsons disease as per a report by pcmagthe app is called strivepd and it is developed by rune labs a startup based out of san francisco california a few major symptoms of parkinsons disease are shaking or tremors in finger thumb hand or chin loss of balance slowness in movements bradykinesia rigidity in muscles etc parkinsons causes involuntary and uncontrollable movements and also loss of automatic movements in the patient which affect their ability to walk blink smile andor speakrune labs wants to radically transform what it means to be a patient with parkinsons by gaining more visibility into data that could accelerate drug development and treatment said the reportapple may also be looking at other health areas to track using the apple watch tech analyst jon prosser had claimed in geared up podcast that an upcoming watchos feature could allow the apple watch to detect if the wearer is hyperventilating as per the tech analyst that would be done by measuring the heart rate and the oxygen saturation level in the blood