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Title: News: Doctors raising concerns that Apple Watch ECG feature could lead to needless anxiety
Post by: HCK on September 29, 2018, 04:05:26 pm
News: Doctors raising concerns that Apple Watch ECG feature could lead to needless anxiety

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               A number of doctors are raising concerns that the ECG feature on the new Apple Watch Series 4 could lead to a “whole new level of anxiety for hypochondriacs, unnecessary testing and panicked visits to emergency,” according to a new report by Canada’s National Post. While both Apple and the American Heart Association touted the new feature as leading to a quicker diagnoses of atrial fibrillation (AF) — a condition that affects…

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