University of Washington researchers built a smartphone app that tracks fetal heart rate as accurately as clinic tools using only the phone's speaker and mic, though it's not ready for release yet.

Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading global cause of mortality, claiming nearly 18 million lives each year. Early detection and continuous monitoring of blood pressure, vascular resistance, and ...

Smart biomedical devices are transforming modern health care, using skin-mounted sensors to capture in-depth health information directly from the body. As clinicians increasingly use biosensing ...

The Food and Drug Administration awarded approval to CardioMEMS Hero, a new version of the device that patients use to take daily pulmonary artery pressure readings. Abbott has made Hero smaller and ...

Following up on the cardiac abnormality thankfully detected by wearable devices, this engineer details the system he donned ...

The BPM Vision doesn't actually work with Withings' Cardio Check-Up—you need an ECG-enabled Withings tracker, like the ...

Washington State University researchers have developed a 3D-printed model of the left side of the heart that contracts and beats, offering the chance for surgeons and medical students to rehearse ...

Smartwatches and other wearables promise real-time insight into heart health, but the growing volume of data can be confusing and sometimes misleading.

Every year, hundreds of thousands of Americans die from heart disease–the leading cause of death in the country. In some ...

The Aktiia Hilo Blood Pressure Monitor is the first cuffless monitor to be cleared by the FDA. It’s discreet, highly accurate, and simple to use ...

Abbott’s CardioMEMS™ HERO is a compact remote reader that is 60% lighter compared to its previous generation device for heart failure patients with Abbott’s CardioMEMS pulmonary artery pressure sensor ...

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