Beats just released its long-anticipated Powerbeats Pro 2. Despite several new features — including the H2 chip, wireless charging support, ANC and Transparency modes, and a more secure earhook design ...

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 ...

Your resting heart rate is one of the simplest signs of your overall health. It is the number of times your heart beats each minute when your body is completely at rest. You can measure it after ...

That’s where pulse oximeters come in. These small devices measure your heart rate and SpO₂. They give you another way to understand how your body responds during exercise and recovery. Also, they may ...

Many people only care about their blood pressure level, but often forget their pulse pressure. The difference between your upper and lower blood pressure readings is what it is. It may seem simple, ...

If you’ve ever glanced at your smartwatch mid-workout and wondered whether your heart rate is impressively low for how hard you’re working, or not high enough because you’re taking it too easy, you’re ...

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 ...

Your AirPods may soon become your most important pieces of fitness gear. One of the AirPods Pro 3's new features is heart rate tracking for both workouts and periodic pulse checks. Apple's latest ...

If you’ve ever had a medical team investigating cardiac issues, you’ve probably had a bunch of electrodes stuck all over your chest and been hooked up to an electrocardiogram. This is the gold ...