It might be time to start listening to your heart. In recent years, millions of Americans have incorporated wearable health ...

Fitness trackers and smart watches are widely popular wearable devices that measure several types of health metrics, ...

LONDON — Wearables measure several aspects of health, and heart rate variability might be one of those. It may be surprising when your device informs you that your heart rate variability is high or ...

M odern smart watches can measure an array of health indicators. Step counts and heart rates sit at the simpler end, while ...

Most fitness trackers offer a wealth of heart-rate data. Here’s how to make sense of it. By Talya Minsberg If you wear a smartwatch or fitness tracker, you likely already have access to a steady ...

A lower resting heart rate indicates an efficient heart and a higher level of parasympathetic activity. When you’re at rest, your nervous system ideally minimizes sympathetic activity, so you’re ...

Tracking key heart health metrics every day helps you understand how your lifestyle affects your cardiovascular system and empowers you to take proactive steps toward better heart health. Heart ...

New research from the University of St Andrews debunks the theory that Heart Rate Variability (HRV) is linked to aggressive behavior. HRV, or heart rate variability, measures the variation in time ...

Healthy hearts are adaptable, and heartbeats exhibit complex variation as they adjust to tiny changes in the body and environment. Mass General Brigham researchers have applied a new way to measure ...

A recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports observed that maternal heart rate variability (mHRV) at three months postpartum is associated with infant neurophysiology and maternal mental ...