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posted by janrinok on Saturday February 29 2020, @08:24PM   Printer-friendly
from the but,-but,-shiny! dept.

Heart Rate Limitations Show Why You Shouldn't Get Your Medical Advice From the Apple Watch:

The Apple Watch is the smartwatch to beat. It's massively popular, has a full range of features, and compared to some of its competitors, leads the way in rethinking how wearables can function within the health sector. During the Apple Watch portion of Apple events, you can generally expect a feel-good reel of real-life users sharing stories of how the watch saved their lives by notifying them of their irregular heartbeat. That said, Apple's own FDA application for its ECG app admits the watch does not detect atrial fibrillation (AFib) for heart rates exceeding 120 beats per minute—a limitation that a Forbes report suggests could leave a large number of Apple Watch users with a false sense of security.

That 120bpm limitation is, as it turns out, significant, according to Forbes. Mayo Clinic says that the heart rate of AFib patients can range anywhere from 100 to 175bpm—meaning the Apple Watch isn't looking at a decent chunk of folks who may be affected.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 29 2020, @08:30PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 29 2020, @08:30PM (#964660)

    You never told us the Apple Watch was a device for killing hipsters.

  • (Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Monday March 02 2020, @12:19AM

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Monday March 02 2020, @12:19AM (#965143) Homepage

    Killing them from what, low test and anemia from recommending shitty fad vegetarian diets?