You track your VO2 max and working heart rate, but this underrated biometric may tell you more about your heart and long-term ...

Resting heart rate — the number of times your heart beats per minute when you’re sitting still — is an important vital sign. Doctors measure it to check how your body is functioning, and the number ...

You’re familiar with the feeling of your heart pounding in your chest, your blood pulsing through your veins with increasing frequency when you’re scared, stressed, or sweating it out at the gym.

From Apple Watches to Fitbits to treadmills, there are more ways than ever for people to keep up with their vitals. So why does so much fitness tech check your pulse? Because your resting heart rate ...

Your heart rate can tell you a lot about your fitness and cardiovascular health. Your heart beats consistently, day in and day out, but you may not generally pay close attention to it. You might take ...

What we physicians tell patients should be based on evidence, but that doesn’t always happen. A good example is when patients ask what their pulse rate should be and we tell patients between 60 and ...

Adults whose resting heart rate follows an atypical pattern as they age may face a greater risk for developing heart failure or dying from any cause than people whose heart rates follow a normal ...