Smartwatches are great for noticing heart health trends, but a Maryland doctor says users need to understands the technology’s limits and shortfalls and when a visit to your doctor may be needed.

A number of wrist-worn fitness and heart rate monitors exist to provide heart readings and help guide a person’s physical activity. But there is variable accuracy among these monitors, according to a ...

Before you decide to click away, thinking we’re talking about some heart rate monitor that connects to a display using WiFi, wait! Pulse-Fi is a system that monitors heart rate using the WiFi signal ...

This week in Pedersen’s POV, MD+DI Senior Editor Amanda Pedersen explores the potential over-reliance on a medical device ...

When it comes to exercising, your heart rate is the gold-standard metric to uncover how hard you're pushing. It tells you whether you're working aerobically or anaerobically, how your body is reacting ...

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New research from Hiroshima University shows that a portable heart monitoring device can detect fetal distress earlier and ...

Apple is exploring how its wearable devices like AirPods can double as heart rate monitors. A newly published research paper from the Apple Research team discusses the possibility of using AI-powered ...