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#News(General) [ via IoTForIndiaGroup ]
For this new study, Apple and the pharmaceutical giant are trying to see if the watch can diagnose atrial fibrillation or AFib, even earlier. AFib, of course, is a leading cause of stroke and responsible for some 130,000 deaths a year in the US. What’s worse, as many as 30 percent of AFib causes don’t get reported until life-threatening issues show up, at which point it’s almost too late.
Apple COO Jeff Williams has said the company is getting thank-you letters on a pretty regular basis from people who discover they have AFib and catch it in time. Which helps explain why the company wants to get a better understanding about the condition and about the role the watch can play in that understanding.
The study with Johnson & Johnson will be limited to people who are at least 65 years old and who wear the Apple Watch Series 4, which has a couple of different tools used to detect AFib. They include an irregular heart rhythm notification as well as an ECG app that’s been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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