The Apple Watch heart monitor sends too many people to the doctor
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Filed under:Only a handful of people the watch flagged actually had a heart problem The heart monitoring feature on the Apple Watch may lead to unnecessary health care visits, according to a new study published this week. People who already have an atrial fibrillation diagnosis, for example, aren’t supposed to use the Apple Watch feature — but over 20 percent of the people in the Mayo Clinic study did have that diagnosis already.
As said here by Nicole Wetsman