Apple elaborates on potential medical device interference from iPhone 12 MegaSafe Accessories

Since the launch of the iPhone 12 at the end of last year, it has said that MegaSafe accessories may cause interference with some medical devices, such as a pacemaker, because of electromagnetic interference causing some devices not to function properly when around some equipment. Apple has now added a new support document stating this […]

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Apple Watch Alerts Florida man he was in A-Fib

A 74-year-old man from Lake Worth in Palm Beach County, Fla., credits Apple Watch with saving his life after the device alerted him to an atrial fibrillation event during a trip to Baltimore. Roy Robinson told ABC News affiliate WPBF that he was on a trip to visit family when a notification reading, “You’re in […]

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Report: Next-Generation AirPods to include ‘Health-Monitoring’

News web site DigiTimes is reporting that Apple is working on the 2nd generation of its AirPod hardware to include some sort of health monitoring feature, somewhat like what’s currently in the Apple Watch Series 4. In terms of wireless headsets, Apple is set to release AirPods 2 sometime in the first half of 2019, […]

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Apple, Johnson & Johnson working together for stroke study

By Mike Wuerthele – AppleInsider.com: Apple and Johnson & Johnson will launch a study later in 2019 to figure out if the Apple Watch in conjunction with trend monitoring can assist in preventing strokes, in particular, ones induced by atrial fibrillation. Apple Watch Series 4 heart rate monitoring The study will focus on patients 65 years […]

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