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  • Apple Watch helps discover 12-year-old's rare cancer

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    jimh2 said:
    This has to be one of the most misleading articles published in a long time. The scare line of "If she didn't have that watch, it could have been so much worse," is downright outrageous. Should everyone run out a buy a watch on the outside change it could identify an issue that might identify an unrelated issue? Were this the case we all need to do monthly body scans to look for issues.

    This will be a sensational and inaccurate news story as it is too shocking to pass up. The watch did not detect anything other than an odd heartbeat. The boy in question had appendicitis which comes to fruition (pain) fairly quickly for those with or without a watch. The diagnosis, related imaging, and corrective surgery for it are routine. The medical term for discoveries like this is "incidental". A real world example for which I have first hand knowledge of is a stroke victim who had the standard CT Scan of the brain to identify the damaged areas. The image extended to the top part of the lungs where a nodule was identified. This site can do better than sensational headlines and what amounts to "fake news".
    Having had appendicitis as a child, it would have been nice to have detected the high heart rate, and not have to go through the pain. Every medical website says with cancer it is better to detect it early. As it was, the cancer had spread. Ok, appendicitis happens quickly enough to be detected without the watch. How much more would the cancer have spread during that time?

    Incidental, it maybe, however even monthly scans won't do it as those are snapshots. There isn't enough doctors, nurses, to do the job. Plus time out of the day, fuel usage of transportation. Then there is the issue for some people, vital signs at the doctor's office is different than at normal situations. Just by having a device to take simple heart rates,   we figure can out something is wrong, and we should go see a doctor, etc. I've even seen high heart rate notifications when I'm not feeling well.
    psliceDAalseth

  • 'Resident Evil Village' for Mac arrives on October 28

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    As others have pointed out, this only took a year to port to Mac, vs a much longer time frame for other ports. This game uses metal 3, which isn’t out yet to the public. Ventura with Metal 3 should be out Monday and the game on Friday. There is no conspiracy here. 
    watto_cobra

  • Bonus war movies for Apple TV+ subscribers

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    Apple TV+ subscribers can watch other war movies for a limited time.
    ekelks

  • SanDisk Professional G-Drive review: Fast enterprise-grade external hard drive for your Ma...

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    chasm said:
    Mr. Owen hits exactly on the biggest problem with this otherwise-clever archival drive for things you don't need to retrieve at SSD speed -- at whatever capacity you buy, you're probably going to have to buy two of them (the second to back up the first).
    You should always have two for backup. Having one isn't a backup if something fails. You are not going to get any 22TB SSD for this price, however you can many 22TB HDs for the price of one 22TB SSD.
    watto_cobra

  • Next iPhone SE could look very much like an iPhone XR

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    I'm hoping they keep Touch ID in some usable form.
    darkvaderwatto_cobra