Heart Health

Understand your heart, know the signs.

Call 911 right away if you have:

  • Chest pain, pressure or discomfort
  • Pain spreading to arm, neck, jaw or back
  • Sudden shortness of breath, sweating or nausea
  • Face drooping, arm weakness or trouble speaking

Heart health basics

Regular moderate activity (about 150 minutes a week), not smoking, good sleep and managing blood pressure all support cardiovascular health. Build up gradually and talk to your doctor before starting harder exercise if you have a heart condition.

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Apple Watch: what it can do

Activity rings

Track movement, exercise minutes and standing through the day.

Heart rate

Shows your heart rate during workouts and at rest. It can alert you to unusually high or low rates.

Fall detection

Can detect a hard fall and offer to call emergency services.

Emergency SOS

Hold the side button to call for help.

A smartwatch is not continuous medical monitoring and can miss problems. Nobody watches your data in real time. Connecting a device is always optional.

My readings

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