Apple has released a first-of-its-kind Heart Study app to research whether its Apple Watch can pick up a heart rhythmic disorder called atrial fibrillation — one of the most common causes of strokes and heart failure. People who sign up for the study …
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This new FDA-approved Apple Watch band measures the electricity in your heart
The Federal Drug Administration just cleared a new band for the Apple Watch that monitors the electrical rhythms in your heart. After a two-year process to satisfy the FDA’s stringent requirements, AliveCor announced today that the Kardia Band is now …
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A new Apple Watch band can actually tell you if your heart isn’t working properly (AAPL)
AliveCor makes a portable EKG reader — the kind of electric heart monitoring that’s standard in hospitals. The Apple Watch has a built-in heart rate reader, but it’s not clinical grade and its readings can’t be used by doctors. AliveCor’s new product is …
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Apple Watch is now enhanced to help detect strokes
A device that’s embedded in a new wristband for the Apple Watch marries two existing features—the heart rate monitor and activity sensors—and takes them to a new level using artificial intelligence. The KardiaBand from AliveCor uses a neural network …
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This FDA-cleared Apple Watch band can actually tell you if your heart isn’t working properly
AliveCor makes a portable EKG reader — the kind of electric heart monitoring that’s standard in hospitals. The Apple Watch has a built-in heart rate reader, but it’s not clinical grade and its readings can’t be used by doctors. AliveCor’s new product …
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Apple Watch will alert heart-study participants if they have an irregular beat
Might wearing an Apple Watch save you from a stroke or cardio problem? Apple is careful not to make that direct claim. But the company, in collaboration with Stanford Medicine, launched the Apple Heart Study app on Thursday that uses the heart rate sensor …
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This FDA-approved Apple Watch band can actually tell you if your heart isn’t working properly
AliveCor makes a portable EKG reader — the kind of electric heart monitoring that’s standard in hospitals. The Apple Watch has a built-in heart rate reader, but it’s not clinical grade and its readings can’t be used by doctors. AliveCor’s new product …
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Apple COO Jeff Williams on Apple Watch heart study: ‘Hopefully we can save a lot of lives’
Apple is facilitating a massive heart study that will use the Apple Watch to detect a heart abnormality called atrial fibrillation, responsible for 130,000 deaths a year in the U.S. The watch will use LED lights, light-sensitive conductors and software to …
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Apple at helm of study using Apple Watch to check for leading cause of stroke
Apple’s trying out something entirely new: a medical study. Apple Watch users are now able to enrol in a new study Apple is conducting with Stanford University School of Medicine, which uses the device’s heart-rate monitor to check for an irregular …
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Apple launched a study to look for irregular heart rhythms on the Apple Watch
Apple and Stanford have teamed up for a new heart health study. Using a new Apple Watch app and the Apple Watch’s built-in sensor, researchers will work to identify irregular heart rhythms and notify users who may be experiencing atrial fibrillation (AFib).
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The Apple Watch now has its first FDA-approved medical accessory
AliveCor’s KardiaBand allows Apple Watch wearers to check their heart activity with an embedded sensor. The band starts at $199 and requires a yearly subscription of $99 for the monitoring services, the company said. Apple has said its seen rapid growth in …
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This new Apple Watch band helps you keep a closer eye on your heart’s health
The Apple Watch could soon be supercharged with the data doctor’s need to save lives, thanks to a band for Cupertino’s smartwatch that collects information needed for diagnosing heart issues. Californian Private medical firm AliveCor has created the …
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Fitbit Is Back on Top of Wearables, But Apple Is Growing Faster
Apple and Chinese phone maker Huawei kept the wearables market … are both trying to move up the value chain with more capable and higher-priced smart watch products. Fitbit’s new $300 Ionic Watch got off to an “encouraging” start, IDC said, but …
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Apple Watch gets its first FDA-approved accessory to capture EKGs
Smartwatches and fitness trackers have not held a great track record for high accuracy sensors but that could soon change. KardiaBand by AliveCor is a new watch band for the Apple Watch that has received FDA approval for EKG capture. Utilizing an embedded …
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A new Apple Watch band can actually tell you if your heart isn’t working properly
AliveCor makes a portable EKG reader — the kind of electric heart monitoring that’s standard in hospitals. The Apple Watch has a built-in heart rate reader, but it’s not clinical grade and its readings can’t be used by doctors. AliveCor’s new product …
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Apple Watch Series 3 Review: The Best Got Better
I have always been a believer in Smartwatches, from the early Datalink watch from Microsoft and Timex to the more recent Android Wear. While they all offered things that made them useful devices, there were always compromises. Aspects that made them less …
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Here are the Apple Watch Black Friday deals that are worth your time
Black Friday deals are mostly for older Apple Watch models. Victor Boyko / Getty Apple is offering a $25 Apple gift card with purchases of the Apple Watch Series 1 on Black Friday. If you want the Apple Watch Series 3, the best Black Friday deal we …
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