It may sound dramatic, but the rate at which your heart is beating plays a key role in how long you’re likely to live. According to expert cardiologists and academic researchers, resting heart rate ...

A heart rate that averages above 100 beats per minute is called tachycardia. You can develop a high heart rate because of things like fever, anaemia, dehydration, or physical or emotional stress, ...

In TODAY.com's Expert Tip of the Day, a cardiologist explains why a lower resting heart rate can be a good sign of heart ...

There are many tools available to check your heart rate, but if you don’t have one, you can still obtain an accurate reading using your pulse and counting in your head or using a stopwatch or timer.

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 ...

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.

Smart watches offer real-time heart rate tracking, but not every alert needs panic. Cardiologist explains the difference ...

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. As a ...

A heart rate monitor may be the key to unlocking your fitness goals. That’s because heart rate is a reliable indicator of your exercise input—it reflects the effort applied to every workout. Keeping ...

One overlooked metric that may affect your sleep is your heart rate variability. Here's the link between HRV and your sleep quality. Luke Daugherty is a freelance writer, editor and former operations ...