Maintaining a heart rate of 60-80% of your maximum heart rate can help you burn fat. Walking or cycling at a moderate ...

How apps can track your heart rate Similarly to the heart rate trackers built into most fitness wearables, apps on your phone can measure your heart rate by detecting changes in blood volume below ...

Beats just released its long-anticipated Powerbeats Pro 2. Here's how to measure your heart rate with these earbuds during a workout.

Engineers at the University of California-Santa Cruz developed a system that uses Wi-Fi signals to monitor heart rate without the need for smartwatches, chest straps or other wearables. The project, ...

There's a quick 30-second test you can perform at home to help assess your heart health and potentially identify health issues.

Fitness trackers and smart watches are widely popular wearable devices that measure several types of health metrics, including step count, calories burned, sleep quality, Vo2 max and heart rate.

This article explores how to calculate heart rate recovery, how to improve it, and the effects of heart rate recovery on health. It also discusses safety considerations for exercise.

An increase in this particular biometric is a good thing. visualspace/E+ via Getty ImagesYour heart beats around 100,000 times every day. Heart rate is a key marker of cardiovascular activity and ...

*Most of us understand the importance of regular blood pressure tests, and there’s a quick 30-second test you can perform at home to help assess your heart health and potentially identify health ...

Tiny fluctuations in the time between each beat of your heart can provide clues about how much stress your body is experiencing. Associate professor Anne R. Crecelius discusses heart rate variability ...