A Review of Skeeper – Your Pink Pocket Cardiologist

Smartsound, a South Korean start-up sent me Skeeper, their pink pocket cardiologist. The gadget promises to measure heart health and to give personalized lifestyle advice, although I have mixed feelings about the device. You can find the reasons in our Skeeper review below. The risk factors for hearth conditions stem from lifestyle choices According to the WHO, an estimated 17 million people die of cardiovascular diseases, particularly heart attacks and strokes, every year. Looking only at the statistics of heart diseases, one in every fourth death occurs due to heart conditions in the United States. Moreover, the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention found that someone has a heart attack every 40 seconds. Each minute, more than one person in the United States dies from a heart disease-related event. The European Society of Cardiology published its study about the heart health of 45 countries (European nations, some former Soviet states, North Africa and parts of the Middle East) some days ago and it turned out that heart disease accounts for over 50 percent of all deaths in many middle-income European countries, compared with less than 30 percent in the high-income countries of Western Europe. Smoking, heavy alcohol consumption, unhealthy diet, overworking, stress and no sports mean a jackpot combination for heart disease in 20-30 years. The WHO says that tobacco smoking increases the risk of dying from coronary heart disease 2–3 fold. While physical inactivity a...
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