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Using smart watches to monitor your heart could do more harm than good

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Using smart watches to monitor your heart could do more harm than good

Fitness trackers like the Apple Watch now allow you to detect heart conditions such as atrial fibrillation. That's not always a good thing, says doctor Margaret McCartney

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Undated handout photo issued by the British Heart Foundation of heart patches that could provide a lifeline for hundreds of thousands of people after suffering a heart attack. Tuesday June 4, 2019. The British Heart Foundation (BHF) said the patches - which are grown in a lab and help repair damaged hearts - could one day provide an off-the-shelf treatment for patients.

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Women who have cardiac arrests are more likely to die than men

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How Willem Einthoven gave doctors a window on the heart

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How Willem Einthoven gave doctors a window on the heart

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The symbiotic pacemaker based on implantable triboelectric nanogenerator.

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Statins may not lower cholesterol enough in half those who take them

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Statins may not lower cholesterol enough in half those who take them

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Polygenic risk scores estimate your likelihood of developing some health conditions

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Genetic risk scores on their own aren't that good at predicting health

A new way of measuring your genetic risk for health conditions could help identify high-risk people. But it isn’t clear how medically useful these tests are yet

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