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Apple is facing technical and legal challenges as it seeks to transform its Apple Watch into a comprehensive health wearable. While the device already offers features like heart rate monitoring, it still lacks the ability to measure blood sugar. Apple's efforts to add health features to the watch have resulted in patent disputes and legal battles with companies in the healthcare tech space. Engineering hurdles also exist in developing accurate blood pressure and blood sugar monitoring capabilities. Despite these challenges, Apple continues to work on enhancing the watch's health features. [Extracted from the article]

Apple has been granted a temporary reprieve by a U.S. appeals court, allowing the company to restart sales of certain models of its Apple Watch. The ban on these models was imposed by the U.S. International Trade Commission due to a patent dispute with medical device maker Masimo. Apple is seeking approval from U.S. Customs and Border Protection for redesigned versions of the banned watches, and a decision is expected on January 12. While the Apple Watch business represents a small portion of Apple's overall sales, it is a significant player in the smartwatch market. [Extracted from the article]

On a recent day, 56-year-old fudge maker Mark Parton planned to work into the night to keep up on making some of the 21 fudge varieties including peanut butter, peanut-butter pie and red velvet. Keywords: Leisure/Arts/Hospitality; Tourism; Political/General News; Food/Drink; Living/Lifestyle; SYND; WSJ-PRO-WSJ.com; political; general news; food EN Leisure/Arts/Hospitality Tourism Political/General News Food/Drink Living/Lifestyle SYND WSJ-PRO-WSJ.com political general news food N.PAG N.PAG 1 07/05/21 20210703 NES 210703 A burst of tourism and a national labor crunch mean fudge makers are toiling extra hard and building biceps; "who needs the gym when you're doing this?" Americans Are Eating So Much Fudge, Candy Makers Are Building "Fudge Muscles". [Extracted from the article]

Apple has envisioned an audacious plan for healthcare, offering its own primary-care medical service with Apple-employed doctors at its own clinics, according to people familiar with the plan and documents. During a presentation for all Apple health employees in March, Mr. Williams praised the clinics' results in treating hypertension and pointed to them as evidence supporting the HealthHabit app's potential, according to people who saw the presentation. SUBSCRIBE Today those ambitions, which aren't widely known, have largely stalled as Apple has shifted the focus of its health unit to something it knows well: Selling devices, specifically the Apple Watch, according to people familiar with its strategy. [Extracted from the article]