A series of low heart rate alerts on her Apple Watch prompted a woman to get treatment — and discover she had an undiagnosed brain tumor that now needs constant monitoring.
Sam Adams wearing the Apple Watch whose alerts led to her brain tumor diagnosis — image credit: Sam Adams
Sam Adams wearing the Apple Watch whose alerts led to her brain tumor diagnosis — image credit: Sam Adams
Apple Watch has an ECG app, sleep tracking, blood oxygen level monitoring — or at least, it probably will again — and many more health-related sensors and capabilities. It does not include anything to do with monitoring the brain beyond mindfulness, yet for at least the second time, it has led to a brain tumor diagnosis.
According to the UK’s tabloid newspaper The Sun, Sam Adams, a woman from Brighton, has now been recounting how a series of Apple Watch alerts in 2022 finally led her to seek treatment. They had each concerned an unusually low heart rate, but initially Adams had ignored them.