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The preliminary results of the Apple Women s Health Study have been published by Harvard.
Apple says it is significant in scope and scale in terms of insight into women s menstrual health.
Harvard has published the initial results of the Apple Women s Health Study, which involves data collected from devices like the Apple Watch.
The Apple Women s Health Study team at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health today released a preliminary study update, offering pioneering scientific insights on women and their menstrual symptoms, made possible through the innovative research methodology of the Research app. The update, based on a cohort of 10,000 participants and inclusive of varying ages and races across the US, highlights how large-scale, longitudinal research on menstruation can help advance the science around women s health and destigmatize menstruation.
Apple and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has released initial findings from its Women s Health Study, revealing some of the data points determined by the examination of women s menstrual cycles recorded in the iOS Research app.
Originally launched in November 2019, the Apple Women s Health study aims to advance the understanding of menstrual cycles and its relationship with various health conditions. Medical research on menstruation was previously limited to smaller studies instead of a broader population, which the study team aimed to fix.
The first update, released on Tuesday, uses data from 10,000 participants across the United States and a range of ages and races, collected via the Research app. Apple says the data highlights how large-scale, longitudinal research on menstruation can help advance the science round women s health and destigmatize menstruation.