ECG/EKG for home use

A Turkish company is about to release a device designed for home use that will monitor your heart. It has a USB interface so you can plug it in your computer to store the data and/or transmit it to your doctor. Small, inexpensive devices like this are going to revolutionize health care, and within ten years, I expect most homes will have an under $500 device that will provide most of the clinical tests you now have to go to a doctor's office for. We'll see a single, integrated device with an easy to use interface that will take blood pressure, heart rate, blood oxygen, EKG, blood glucose levels, and probably several other blood tests. In home data collection of transient health problems will make it much easier to diagnose many kinds of diseases, and will cut down on trips to the doctor.

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