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, including step count, calories burned, sleep quality, Vo2 max and heart rate.

M odern smart watches can measure an array of health indicators. Step counts and heart rates sit at the simpler end, while VO2 max and blood-oxygen levels are mainly of interest to committed health ...

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 ...

At a time when usage of smartwatches and rings has become more common, a West Virginia University human performance researcher points out that the heart rate variability—the time between ...

Heart rate variability (HRV) measures the fluctuations in time between heartbeats. While it isn’t a health metric you need to overthink, HRV is an indicator of how well the body can adapt to and ...

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 ...

Respiratory rate, another metric in the Apple Watch vitals app, shows how many breaths you take per minute. This typically ...

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 ...

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 ...