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04-06-2017, 01:20 PM
Woman's Fitbit saves her life after it detected a strange change in her heart rate
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A fitness tracker could be more useful than just helping you shed weight — the data it's collecting about your body could go as far as saving lives.
73-year-old Patricia Lauder from Connecticut **ticed her Fitbit data was logging an ab**rmally high resting heart rate of over 140 beats per minute, far higher than her usual 60 to 70, CNN reported (http://edition.cnn.com/2017/04/03/health/fitbit-heart-rate-blood-clots/?iid=ob_homepage_deskrecommended_pool).
SEE ALSO: Fitbit's Alta HR gets caught up between fashion and function (http://mashable.com/2017/03/27/fitbit-alta-hr-review/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
She had already visited the doctor after a recent sinus infection and was waiting for results, but the data was alarming e**ugh that she called 911 to be sent to the emergency ward. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/06/fitbit-saved-womans-life/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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A fitness tracker could be more useful than just helping you shed weight — the data it's collecting about your body could go as far as saving lives.
73-year-old Patricia Lauder from Connecticut **ticed her Fitbit data was logging an ab**rmally high resting heart rate of over 140 beats per minute, far higher than her usual 60 to 70, CNN reported (http://edition.cnn.com/2017/04/03/health/fitbit-heart-rate-blood-clots/?iid=ob_homepage_deskrecommended_pool).
SEE ALSO: Fitbit's Alta HR gets caught up between fashion and function (http://mashable.com/2017/03/27/fitbit-alta-hr-review/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
She had already visited the doctor after a recent sinus infection and was waiting for results, but the data was alarming e**ugh that she called 911 to be sent to the emergency ward. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/04/06/fitbit-saved-womans-life/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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