My new piece explaining in plain language why the Apple Watch heart diagnosis app is probably a total waste of time #epitwitter #science #health https://link.medium.com/egKCx3tSdV
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With thanks to
@venkmurthy for tweeting out the presentation slides because the research is as yet unpublished and I couldn't find any other solid information online!1 reply 1 retweet 6 likesShow this thread -
The basic idea comes down to two things: 1. The watch doesn't have a great success rate at actually identifying atrial fibrillation 2. We don't know if it would be useful EVEN IF IT DID
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Ultimately, until the results of the promised randomized-controlled trial with
@CMichaelGibson come out, I think it's fair to be ~very skeptical~1 reply 0 retweets 2 likesShow this thread
The blog goes into the hows and whys, so have a read!
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