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This ‘smart cuff’ may one day save you from a heart attack

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A smart cuff may be able to save your life by alerting you when you’re at a high risk of a heart attack or stroke.

The cuff, which is being developed by iHealth in partnership with top cardiologists at the University of California, San Francisco and Berkeley, is about to enter into a testing phase. iHealth specializes in consumer products, but regularly partners with clinical researchers and hospitals to develop more sophisticated patient monitoring devices.
via Venture Beat

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