A resting heart rate is the simplest way to gauge your overall health. Here’s what you should know about its normal range, ...

A racing heart is usually a sign of agitation or excitement. But if it's not unusual for your heart to beat too fast or to skip a beat, it might be worth having it checked out by a doctor. In order to ...

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 ...

Checking your heart rate is a great way to stay in tune with your body. Maybe you have a device that counts your heartbeats per minute for you (and many modern fitness trackers and smartwatches are ...

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 ...

Even though I prefer not to train and coach by heart rate, I have found that using these numbers—specifically resting heart ...

Several apps leverage the camera on your smartphone to measure your heart rate. One such method involves using the front-facing camera to detect subtle changes in skin color, which correlate with ...

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.

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 ...

If you’re waking up tired even after seven or eight hours of sleep, your heart rate may be falling too far during the night.

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 ...