With heart rate monitors now standard in smartwatches and fitness trackers, electrocardiograms (ECG/EKG) have rapidly become a common feature in health wearables. The technology aims to assist ...

Project Heart Beat is responsible for saving the lives of more than 220 people through its managed program participants and the placement of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) throughout San ...

Smartwatches commonly use heart rate variability to monitor stress. Columnist Helen Thomson explores what this metric ...

The heart is a complex organ, and any sudden changes can indicate that something is not right. Many people monitor their beats per minute, but there is a threshold to be aware of, beyond which it may ...

Mount Laurel, New Jersey-based RhythMedix designed its third-generation device to enhance the patient experience through ...

The Apple Watch captured true arrhythmia events in children more frequently than standard patch monitoring, according to ...

A story claims a revolutionary skunk works built a quantum sensor that was used to locate a missing airman by reading his pulse from 40 miles away. But physicists say the laws of biomagnetism make ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Alexandria Nyembwe is a registered nurse and health writer. She has worked in street medicine serving populations experiencing homelessness in Skid Row Los Angeles as well as in cardiovascular care in ...

Angela Ryan Lee, MD, FACC, is a board-certified cardiology and internal medicine physician. She also holds board certifications from the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology and the National Board ...