A good resting heart rate depends on your age, gender, level of physical fitness, and overall lifestyle. Here's what you need ...

In this era of fitness trackers, we have easy access to our heart rate at any given moment. Every so often, a number catches your eye as it flashes on your Garmin or Apple Watch while you're sitting ...

Heart monitors are being used in a rather unconventional manner at a south suburban high school - they're helping students with emotional challenges in a big way. "A lot of our students come to us ...

Whether due to stress or an intense cardio workout, most of us have felt our heart racing from time to time. A rise in your heart rate can be perfectly normal given outside circumstances. However, ...

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Taking my blood pressure is always nerve wracking. I do not have any risk factors for high blood pressure (hypertension), but the slow tightening of the cuff makes me very aware of my heart rate, and ...

Olympic coverage is not complete without shots of anxious family members watching in the stands. But NBC has kicked things up a notch this time around by having parents of Olympians wear heart rate ...