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Patient says [Apple Watch] helped save her and her baby’s life


Pregnant women who use smart devices like Apple watches have been able to catch conditions like myocarditis and placental abruption.

Pregnant women have been using their smart devices like Apple watches to catch conditions like myocarditis and placental abruption. Doctors say it’s a growing trend where patients are coming into appointments and sharing data like heart rate, body temperature, and sleep hours — taken from smartphones, rings, or watches and helping in their own diagnosis. Nguyen does stress that patients should not try to interpret their own health data from their devices on their own, especially if they don’t have a medical background.

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