1 pointby giuliomagnifico2 hours ago1 comment
  • cratermoon2 hours ago
    Alternate title: smart watches four times as likely to flag false positives
    • giuliomagnifico2 hours ago
      ? No the heart issues were correctly registered by the smartwatches

      > Six months into the study, 21 patients wearing smartwatches were diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, four times more than the five cases detected in the non-smartwatch group. Notably, 12 of the smartwatch patients showed no symptoms, while all patients diagnosed in the traditional monitoring group experienced noticeable symptoms.