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Cardiogram is investigating methods of detecting abnormal heart rhythms using off-the-shelf consumer smartwatches with heart rate sensors, like the Apple Watch. In multiple studies, we’ve validated the accuracy of DeepHeart, an AI-based algorithm, in detecting sleep apnea, hypert
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Is Pokemon Go making us exercise more? What Apple Watch heart rate data says.

If you haven’t heard of Pokémon GO by now, read Recode’s summary. It’s already bigger than Tinder, poised to become bigger than Twitter, and implicated in everything from improving mental health to…


What do normal and abnormal heart rhythms look like on Apple Watch?

Almost every month, a news story pops up about somebody whose life was saved by their Apple Watch. As part of the mRhythm Study, we’re analyzing a lot of heart rate data, and decided to write a brief primer on…


Have an Apple Watch? You can help save a life!

[Originally published March 16, 2016]

Today we’re launching the mRhythmStudy, which is a joint study within the Health eHeart effort at UCSF. The goal of this study is to understand how well heart rate data from the Apple…


Do you really need 10,000 steps a day?

[Originally published February 12, 2016]

We’re often told to walk 10,000 steps per day, but what is the science behind that? Why not 20,000? 5,000? Why step count, and not the type of exercise, intensity, or total minutes?