No, An Apple Device Won’t Tell You If You’re Having A Heart Attack

No one knows for sure but Apple appears to be strongly interested in adding medical applications and technologies to its current and future products. We know that Apple has patented a heart sensor that could be incorporated in a future iPhone or iWatch, though it seems more likely that it would be used for security rather than health purposes. We also know that top Apple executives have met with FDA commissioner Margaret Hamburg and top FDA device regulators, though the details of their discussion have not been disclosed.

But one new report on SF Gate is almost certainly wrong: an Apple device won’t be able to tell you if you’re about to have a heart attack.

 Apple is exploring ways to measure noise “turbulence” as it applies to blood flow. The company wants to develop software and sensors that can predict heart attacks by identifying the sound blood makes as it tries to move through an artery clogged with plaque, the source said.

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Click here to read the full post on Forbes.