STAT+: Years after an Apple study, its tech has birthed an asthma management tool

Four years after Apple announced a study to explore how its products could be used to support people with asthma, an application developed from that research is now available to the public.

Called Asthma Tool, the free software allows users to track their symptoms and triggers and to use wearable devices to monitor vitals, like resting heart rate, for signs that asthma may be acting up. 

Millions of people suffer from the chronic respiratory condition in which people’s airways become blocked, and the key management strategies are avoiding triggers and using medication to prevent worsening of symptoms that can land people in the hospital. Asthma Tool is intended to help users better understand their asthma so they can better manage it.

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