Forbes December 10, 2020
Stephen McBride

At 30,000 feet in the air, a passenger was suddenly crippled by severe chest pains. The flight attendant called over the loudspeaker, “Is there a doctor on board?” A tall man rose from seat 6C. And the first thing Dr. Eric Topol reached for was his iPhone.

He plugged a credit card-sized heart monitor into the phone and placed it on the woman’s chest. The doctor didn’t need fancy machines to diagnose the problem. An iPhone app showed she was on the verge of a major heart attack.

Topol recommended the pilot make an emergency landing. The passenger was rushed to the hospital and survived.

Eric Topol isn’t some quack with a phone. He’s one of America’s leading cardiologists. And...

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