Apple watch saved my life, and life of my baby, when I tried to get fit View 2 Images

A mum says her Apple watch saved her life when it detected she had heart failure while attempting the 'Couch to 5k'. Niamh Cassidy took up running in the summer of 2023, trying the Couch to 5k running plan to join her partner who ran marathons.

Despite being an avid gym-goer, Niamh said she could not run more than one kilometre without feeling breathless. The 25-year-old said she got notifications on her Apple watch alerting her of her high heart rate and went to hospital when her dad noticed how tired she got while running.

After wearing a heart monitor for a week, she was diagnosed with tachycardia, a condition causing the heart to beat faster than normal. But after experiencing chest pains, palpit

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