The Apple Watch Vitals app has made another miraculous achievement: helping doctors diagnose blood cancer in a timely manner
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According to CNMO, Amanda Faulkner, a psychological counselor in Napier, New Zealand, recently told the New Zealand Herald that the vitals app on its new Apple Watch Series 10 helps her get timely treatment before her leukemia worsens by continuously monitoring abnormal signs.

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Apple Vitals is an innovative app that generates morning reports by tracking core vital signs such as heart rate, respiratory rate, and blood oxygen during the night. After Faulkner upgraded his equipment last year, the system continued to prompt that his resting heart rate had increased sharply from a historical average of 90 beats per minute to more than 0 beats per minute. Although she initially suspected that the equipment was malfunctioning, she decided to seek medical attention with the monitoring data under the continuous alarm.

急診檢測顯示,福克納罹患罕見血液惡性腫瘤——急性髓系白血病。主治醫生強調,若延遲數日就診,"未治療的癌症及併發症將致命"。確診次日,患者即轉入北帕默斯頓醫院接受化療,目前正等待7月在惠靈頓進行的幹細胞移植手術,該手術將替換其骨髓並重建免疫系統,但存在20%的致死風險。

"If it weren't for the constant reminder from the smart watch, I wouldn't have noticed the abnormality at all." Faulkner said frankly. Her husband, Mike, also said that the technology "creates a life-changing opportunity" and improves the success rate of the fight against cancer.

According to CNMO, the health monitoring function of the Apple Watch has attracted attention many times, and this case further confirms the potential value of wearable devices in preventive medicine. It is reported that the Vitals application provides users with more comprehensive health warning services by integrating multi-dimensional physiological data.