Sitting quietly at your desk, watching TV, or lying in bed at night, your heart should be taking it easy – beating steadily and calmly at somewhere between 60 and 80 beats per minute for most healthy ...

Is your smartwatch's heart rate data accurate? We lab-tested 58 devices, from Apple and Garmin to smart rings, against ...

Your pulse is like having a direct line to your heart’s control room, constantly broadcasting information about your cardiovascular health that most people never bother to decode. While everyone knows ...

To live is to have a heartbeat, which is why it makes sense for us living things to have a good understanding of our ticker. It’s well-known science that our hearts beat faster when we exercise and ...

That subtle thumping you feel in your wrist or neck is more than just the rhythm of life; it's a vital sign that can offer valuable insights into your heart health. Your resting heart rate (RHR), ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor and has been writing about health, fitness, and science here since 2015. Beth was the recipient of the 2017 Carnegie Science Award in science ...

In TODAY.com's Expert Tip of the Day, a cardiologist explains why a lower resting heart rate can be a good sign of heart health and how to improve this vital sign. Resting heart rate — the number of ...

Not that it was ever unpopular, but it’s fair to say that running is going through somewhat of a renaissance right now. Data released by Sport England in April of this year revealed that 250,000 more ...

Computer Science and Engineering Ph.D. student Nayan Bhatia demonstrates Pulse-Fi, technology that uses WiFi signals to measure a person's heart rate. Heart rate is one of the most basic and important ...