Adding an extra hour every week of physical activity may lower the chance of developing the most common type of irregular heartbeat (arrythmia) by 11%, a study shows.

Cardiologists from BIDMC, commissioned by the FDA, examined trends in the use and long-term safety of a device for treating ...

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Smartwatches and other wearable health tools that use lights to measure certain heart functions often don’t work properly for people with darker skin.

Berlin-based Quantune is trying to shrink laser spectrometers so that you can wear one on your wrist, and it just raised $9M ...

The Galaxy Watches, including the Watch 4, use a PPG sensor. The technology is very efficient at measuring your heart rate ...

Rare but serious side effects include seizures, shallow breathing, and slow heart rate. Local anesthetics can interact ...

It was tested in a prospective, single blind study of 200 heart patients against the standard traditional 12-lead EKG procedure. Errors that impacted the interpretability of the EKG were detected in 6 ...

A tool powered by artificial intelligence that uses high-speed video to detect changes in blood flow in skin on the face and hands may offer a new way to screen for high blood pressure and diabetes ...