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Apple Watch might be the ultimate health-tracker with medical apps on board

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In the months leading up to the launch of Apple Watch, talk has largely revolved around the watch’s style and specs like battery life (http://www.macworld.com/article/2874167/report-apple-watch-aims-to-last-19-hours-per-charge.html). But Apple’s wearable might actually be a game-changer now that the Food and Drug Administration is giving health app developers more freedom.</p><figure class="medium right">
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Medical device maker DexCom is readying an Apple Watch app to pair with its diabetes glucose monitor to help diabetics monitor their blood-sugar levels all day long. According to the Wall Street Journal (http://www.wsj.com/articles/smartwatch-app-helps-track-glucose-1423443067), DexCom will display data it pulls from a sensor beneath the skin as a graph on the Apple Watch face.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2881299/apple-watch-might-be-the-ultimate-health-tracker-with-medical-apps-on-board.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>

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