Soon, people with pacemakers won't need to drive to the hospital to give their doctors an update as to how their tickers are doing. The Latitude system is a new type of defibrillator that monitors a variety of stats, such as weight, blood pressure, and heart rate. Doctors can then request the data at any point without requiring a face-to-face appointment.

Sounds awesome, right? Yeah, I agree, but what about when your doctor can keep track of your ticker to a degree where he can call after he notices your heart rate has been too high and tell you to stop playing so actively with your kids? There's a fine privacy line here, but I think this is one case where people won't mind giving their doctor 24/7 access to what their heart is doing. After all, they've totally seen you naked. — Adam Frucci

Lifebeat Online, via Medgadget