Discover what your resting heart rate reveals about hidden health problems. Fast pulse signals thyroid, infection issues.

What we physicians tell patients should be based on evidence, but that doesn’t always happen. A good example is when patients ...

It's natural to worry when your heart rate suddenly speeds up. According to the US National Library of Medicine, most individuals have a "normal" resting heart rate of 60–100 beats per minute. Your ...

Lower your blood pressure. Get your heart rate up. Know your numbers. When it comes to heart health, understanding all the numbers involved – and which should be up or down and when – can be confusing ...

If you wear a fitness tracker, you've likely seen a stat labeled "HRV" pop up on your screen. But what does it mean, and does ...

Regulating cholesterol levels is crucial for heart health. There are two types of cholesterol (we'll explain the difference ...

a normal deterioration in general fitness over time would be the same in the entire study population and would therefore not affect the findings; and fourth, the correlation between physical fitness ...

We aimed to examine the time trends in resting pulse rate (a marker of physical fitness) among UK children, in order to better understand the trends in levels of physical fitness in recent decades.

In order to fully understand your heart health and reduce your risk of developing heart conditions, your blood pressure ...

Whether heart rate upon discharge following hospitalization for heart failure is associated with long‐term adverse outcomes and whether this association differs between patients with sinus rhythm (SR) ...