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Dad claims Apple watch ‘saved his life’ after it detected heart condition

I wonder, if I'd had the newest Apple watch back in 2017, would it have caught my own heart condition? I knew something was up but my doctor thought it was neurological; it took me collapsing at work and my heart pausing for 15 seconds, then 30 seconds, and then my heart rate dropping to 19 for us to find out I have a total heart block.

As a technology journalist, Paul Hutton, 48, decided to buy the watch to try out the new gadget. But when it kept warning him of a resting heart rate below 40 beats a minute, he took himself to the doctor. A healthy adult should have a resting heart rate of around 60-100 beats a minute. Doctors diagnosed him with ventricular bigeminy – meaning that every other heart beat was significantly weaker and was not being picked up by the heart monitor.

Mr Hutton underwent cardiac ablation surgery at Basildon University Hospital last month. 

During the procedure, electrodes were fed into his heart via an artery in his groin.

These recorded his heart's electrical activity to uncover the area that was causing his arrhythmia.

Energy then traveled through the electrode tips to scar the tissue that was responsible.   

Mr Hutton was conscious, but sedated, throughout the operation.  

'My surgeon was absolutely brilliant,' he said. 

'Once it was done, I had a very welcome cup of tea and was discharged the next day.'

A month later, Mr Hutton appears to be doing well. 

'I keep checking my pulse on my Apple Watch and it all seems good,' he said.

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This year's iPhones, the last with lightning?

This year's iPhones, the last with lightning?

As per usual, rumors encompassing future iPhone are getting down to coalesce into a homogenous set of expectations. the most recent info comes from the very reliable Guilherme Rambo of 9to5Mac, suggesting that this year’s iPhone eleven can are available in 2 sizes (plus a successor to the iPhone XR), have OLED screens on the top tier devices, keep identical resolution across the whole lineup, add a large angle camera, improve the selfie camera, have some type of fancy haptics, and finally: charge via the Lightning connector.

Assuming the rumors are correct, Apple is making the correct move by keeping the Lightning connector this year. Any kind of port change is traumatic and annoying, therefore I can’t blame Apple for needing to avoid it if the least bit doable. however that’s not the explanation i believe it’s the correct decision.Basically: the Lightning connector is, in some ways in which, superior to USB-C. It’s smaller and more tightly controlled by Apple. That second half ensures internal control if you trust Apple and evokes theories regarding Apple making cash through its MFI program if you don’t. regardless of the justification, it’s totally reasonable to stay the Lightning port on the iPhone.

The biggest good thing about switch to USB-C is clearly having identical charger handle your laptop computer, tablet, and phone. It’s with great care rather more convenient. In fact, if firms offered ME the chance to shop for their devices while not associate AC adapter for even a small discount, i might take them informed it in a heartbeat. it'd be higher for the environment, too.

I think this year’s iPhone 11 isn’t the correct phone to try and do it.But next year’s iPhone 12 (or no matter it'll be called)? Switch, it'll be time. Rumors of the 2020 iPhone have already begun, and that they embody a full-screen fingerprint detector and also the death of the notch. It appears like an enormous, exciting new style. it'd even be the type that individuals would line up for and accept a port change on.

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