Mac Lifestyle » iPod — Mac Lifestyle http://www.maclifestyle.com Tue, 27 Mar 2007 03:43:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 How iPods Could Save Your Life http://www.maclifestyle.com/ipods-save-your-life.html http://www.maclifestyle.com/ipods-save-your-life.html#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2007 03:41:39 +0000 MacLifestyle http://www.maclifestyle.com/ipods-save-your-life.html According to LiveScience iPods are quickly becoming an invaluable tool to up and coming cardiologists. With heart disease being the leading cause of death in the world (accounting for more than 685,000 deaths alone per year in the United States) it is imperative that doctors are properly trained in identifying potential heart issues and take preemptive action before it becomes a life threatening complication.

According to LifeScience’s study

Previous research has shown that the average rate of correct heart sound identification by physicians is 40 percent.In a new study, 149 general internists listened 400 times to five common heart murmurs during a 90-minute session with iPods. After the session, the average score improved to 80 percent.

Instead of rocking out to the newest U2 album, these young internists will be jamming out to cardiac arrhythmia.

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