“Apple has been pushing the Apple Watch as a health accessory for some time now,” Dennis Sellers reports for Apple World Today. “That will apparently continue as the tech giant has been granted a patent (number 10,132,680) for ‘UV dosimetry and exposure alert’ that would allow the smartwatch to help you manage your exposure to the sun.”
“Overexposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation can be associated with a variety of health conditions such as sunburn, premature skin aging, skin damage, elastosis (i.e., the destruction of the elastic and collagen tissue) and skin cancer,” Sellers reports. “The effects from the health conditions can range from sun spots, freckles, discolored areas of the skin (mottled pigmentation), sallowness (a yellow discoloration of the skin), telangiectasias (the dilation of small blood vessels under the skin), and benign tumors, to skin cancers (e.g., squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, and melanoma).”
Sellers reports, “In addition, exposure to UV radiation can be a risk factor for the development of cataracts and growths of the conjunctiva of the eye (i.e., pterygiums).”
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