Samsung will roll out an update for its Health app before launching its new Galaxy Watches.

Here’s what HRV is, how it works and what can cause it to rise or fall.

Fitness trackers and smart watches are widely popular wearable devices that measure several types of health metrics, including step count, calories burned, sleep quality, Vo2 max and heart rate. As a ...

You probably check your step count religiously, maybe glance at your heart rate during workouts, and might even pay attention to how many calories your fitness tracker claims you’ve burned. But ...

Wearables measure several aspects of health, and heart rate variability might be one of those. It may be surprising when your device informs you that your heart rate variability is high or low, but ...

When I first heard about Google’s new Fitbit Air, I thought I wouldn’t like it, because it doesn’t have a display. But I was ...

Someone built an open-source Whoop app that doesn't require you to pay a monthly subscription ...

Heart rate variability (HRV) is the variation in the time between two consecutive heartbeats over a specific period. Doctors may use HRV as an indicator for certain aspects of a person’s health, ...

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 ...

Whoop is a top fitness and health tracker – and one of my favorite devices at Wareable. But if you want to check your heart rate, it can be a little hard to find. I’ve been using Whoop for years – so ...

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 ...