Can your Apple Watch spot a stroke in time to save your life? New study wants to find out

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The internet is already full of myriad stories about how peoples’ Apple Watch has been able to literally save their life, whether it’s via the feature that lets users call 9-1-1 with their voice if they’re immobilized in an auto accident. Later models of the watch also come with built-in fall detection as well as the ability to detect an abnormal heart rhythm, potentially the first sign of a life-threatening condition.

Now, Apple is teaming up with pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson to launch the Heartline study, which is designed to see whether the Apple Watch’s heart health features, as well as a companion iPhone app, can be used to improve health outcomes in users — specifically, whether relying on the watch for earlier detection of atrial fibrillation (or AFib) can reduce the risk of a stroke.

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