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STAT+: Wearable devices generate powerful data but it’s not useful to doctors, yet

Data from wearables can be powerful but they're not useful to doctors yet, experts said at the #STATBreakthrough Summit in San Francisco.
Source: Charles Rex Arbogast/AP

Just because the Food and Drug Administration has given the Apple Watch and other wearable devices the OK to market the health benefits of their

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