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August 6, 2015 04:21 pm GMT

Stanford launches its ResearchKit-based app overseas to learn more about heart disease

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Stanford University's ResearchKit-based health app is headed overseas as a part of an effort to help researchers learn more about heart disease on a global scale

Five months after Apple announced ResearchKit, Stanford’s MyHeart Counts app launched in the UK and Hong Kong on Thursday, marking the first time iPhone users in these countries can participate in a medical study through the tech giant's platform.

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"We wanted to start with countries where we had existing ties, then expand to other countries as we work though the appropriate laws and regulations," Michael V. McConnell, professor of medicine at Stanford and MyHeart Counts researcher, told Mashable Read more...

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