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.

Your pulse and blood pressure work together as vital indicators of heart health, though they measure different things. While blood pressure shows how forcefully blood pushes against artery walls, your ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 health and how to improve this vital sign.

Pulse-Fi uses a WiFi transmitter and receiver, which runs Pulse-Fi’s signal processing and machine learning algorithm. They trained the algorithm to distinguish even the faintest variations in signal ...

This secret to improving your cardiovascular health and endurance: zone 2 heart rate training. By Rachel MacPherson, C.P.T. Zone 2 cardio rate training means working in one of five heart rate zones at ...

Heart rate variability (HRV) is the variation in the time between two consecutive heartbeats over a specific period. Doctors may use HRV as an indicator for certain aspects of a person’s health, ...

“At a cardiac arrest, the first procedure is to take your own pulse first.” —The House of God by Samuel Shem That famous line told to med students is both obvious and true. It’s a reminder that in ...

Without the need for expensive or invasive devices, you can easily measure your heart rate at home with the help of your two ...