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Consumers warned about the accuracy of heart rate apps

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Consumers are being warned about the accuracy of heart rate apps after a study found huge variability between commercially available apps, even those using the same technology. The research is published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. “Heart rate apps come installed on many smartphones and once people see them it is human nature to use them and compare their results with others,” said last author Dr Christophe Wyss, a cardiologist at Heart Clinic Zurich, Switzerland. “The problem is that there is no law requiring validation of these apps and therefore no way for consumers to know if the

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