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    Opinion: Beware the hype over the Apple Watch heart app. The device could do more harm than good

    In evaluating a new drug or device, the benefits must be weighed against the risks. That hasn't yet been done with the #Apple Watch and its ability to detect a…
    by Larry Husten Mar 15, 2019 4 minutes

    Set your smartwatch alarm. You’re about to be barraged by tons of hype about the health benefits of the Apple Watch. Unfortunately, it won’t include essential information and data that can put these claims in proper perspective.

    Last year, Apple CEO Tim Cook tweeted how an Apple Watch detected a rapid heartbeat in an 18-year-old girl, who said the device saved her life. Now, with the presentation on Saturday of findings from an enormous Apple Watch study at the American College of Cardiology meeting in New Orleans, the hype meter is about to go to 11.

    The , conducted by Stanford University researchers

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