Apple Watch detects irregular heartbeats in US study

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Apple Watch detects irregular heartbeats in US study

Identifying the sick or scaring the healthy?

Apple Inc's Heart study, the largest yet to explore the role of wearable devices in identifying potential heart problems, found the device could accurately detect atrial fibrillation, the most common type of irregular heartbeat, US researchers reported on Wednesday. The results, published in the ...

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