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Sleep apnea: How Apple Watch Series 10 can spot the risk as cases rise in India

Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is on the rise globally. More than 104 million, working-age Indians suffer from OSA, of whom 47 million have moderate-to-severe OSA, making it a major public health problem in the country. Now, ‘Breathing Disturbances’ is an innovative new Apple Watch metric that uses the accelerometer to detect small movements at the wrist associated with interruptions to normal respiratory patterns during sleep.