This new controller includes a heart rate monitor and alarm, tracking how your pulse jumps while you play games.

When you think about monitoring heart and breathing rates, you likely picture a wearable device—a wristband, chest strap, or ...

AirPods Pro 3 are a fantastic upgrade over their already-strong predecessor, and one underrated advantage of the new model is a powerful health feature: heart rate sensing. Here’s how to use it. Heart ...

At first, I thought it was a typo, but the Chinese display manufacturer HKC has indeed announced the world’s first 1,080Hz monitor, just days after Samsung unveiled the Odyssey G6 with a 1,040Hz ...

These days, it may seem like there’s a million different data points that you’re supposed to keep track of—hello, steps, sleep, and recovery scores!—and it’s difficult to know which ones are worth ...

A smart watch may be under your Christmas tree this week. The nifty gadgets are advertised as a tool to help you stay healthy. But can smart watches be trusted to look out for your heart? A Maryland ...

As a tech expert, I test for two things when trying out a new upgraded release—first, what exactly are the new features, and two, are they good enough to warrant purchasing a new version of the ...

Your heart rate can tell you a lot about your fitness and cardiovascular health. Your heart beats consistently, day in and day out, but you may not generally pay close attention to it. You might take ...

A new study led by researchers from Murdoch University's School of Psychology, Personalized Medicine Center, and Center for Healthy Aging, Health Futures Institute has found that heart rate ...

This article was made possible by the support of Yakult and produced independently by Scientific American’s board of editors. Earlier this year I got an Oura ring to track the state of my health. Soon ...

To live is to have a heartbeat, which is why it makes sense for us living things to have a good understanding of our ticker. It’s well-known science that our hearts beat faster when we exercise and ...

Long-term use of melatonin supplements may be linked with a higher risk of heart failure, according to new research — but does that mean people taking it as a sleep aid should stop using it now? In a ...