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Apple Watch helps user discover brain tumor after unusual heart rate alerts


The Apple Watch’s health features have once again played a part in flagging a potential health problem. A 57-year-old woman...

A 57-year-old woman from Brighton, East Sussex says her Apple Watch alerted her to an issue that ultimately led doctors to uncover a brain tumor. Sam Adams told The Sun that her Apple Watch repeatedly f lagged an unusually low heart rate after she returned from a trip to Costa Rica. While searching for the cause of the alerts, Adams mentioned experiencing frequent headaches, which prompted doctors to call for a CT scan.

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