Monday, October 7, 2019

Could a Fitness Tracker Save Your Life?

If you are among the millions of Americans who wear a wrist device that counts your steps, you probably already know that many of these fitness trackers also can monitor your sleep patterns, nudge you to get up and move when you sit too much and estimate how many calories you burn in a day.
But did you know that some of the newer devices are being credited with saving lives? 
Consider these recent press reports…
• A 73-year-old Connecticut woman with unexplained shortness of breath noticed that her device showed a higher-­than-usual heart rate—and it kept getting higher over a period of a few days. She went to a hospital, and it turned out she had life-threatening blood clots in her lungs.    read more>>>https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=5326408691126408687#editor/target=post;postID=4958414924392154824

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