Woman's Fitbit saves her life after it detected a strange change in her heart rate
 

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.

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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...

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