A cardiac stress test shows how your heart works during physical activity. Vienybe/Dreamstime/TNS Heart health is an essential part of your overall health and well-being. Your primary care provider ...

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Every morning, Donna Whitworth turns on two device monitors for her heart. For the first device, she puts on a belt, which is hooked up to a laptop. When the belt is in the proper position, the ...

Using a chest strap heart rate monitor can give you accurate, actionable insights to help improve your running. What is the best chest strap heart-rate monitor overall? The best chest strap heart-rate ...

When it comes to exercising, your heart rate is the gold-standard metric to uncover how hard you're pushing. It tells you whether you're working aerobically or anaerobically, how your body is reacting ...

Alere Inc. (NYSE:ALR) has released results from a study that shows heart patients benefit from a self-test to monitor B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels. © 2025 ...

Jennifer Adamy, a 43-year-old cardiac nurse living in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, was very familiar with the signs of heart problems. So, when she started experiencing symptoms of irregular heart ...

As an avid runner, I’m no stranger to heart rate monitors and extra sensors. I’m all about getting every last little piece of data to figure out if I actually nailed my workout or if I pushed just a ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Smartwatches and other wrist-bound fitness trackers have exploded in popularity over the past few years, but there's a wearable heart rate ...

The NHS has begun giving patients a new DIY heart monitor which looks for heart rhythm problems. Traditional monitors can require lengthy set-up by a trained physiologist, but the new kit can be sent ...