Apple watch detects rare cancer in a 12-year-old with heart rate feature

An Apple Watch has reportedly been credited with spotting a 12-year-old girl’s rare cancer before she was even aware of it, with the help of its heart rate notifications feature.

As reported by Hour Detroit, 12-year-old Imani Miles and her mother Jessica Kitchen now view the Apple Watch as more than just a gadget.

Imani’s mother, Jessica, noticed that her daughter’s Apple Watch started beeping constantly, alerting Imani to an abnormally high heart rate.

“That’s really weird because it’s never happened before. It just kept going off,” said Jessica.

The concerned mother took her daughter to the hospital, where the doctors noticed a tumour in her appendix. It was then that they learnt of a “neuroendocrine tumour” on her appendix, which according to doctors is “rarely seen in children”, the report said.