The heart beats around 100,000 times a day, yet most people rarely think about how fast, or how efficiently it’s working, ...

Your heart rate can say a lot about how fit your body is. Fitness coach Raj Ganpath has shared 4 parameters you can track to ...

Milliseconds of variability, now detected by fitness watches, can improve well-being Earlier this year I got an Oura ring to ...

When recording your heartbeat, look out for skipped beats, extra beats, or long pauses between beats, that can feel like ...

The heart is the body's hardest-working muscle. Whether you're awake or asleep, or exercising or resting, your heart is always at work. It pumps blood through arteries to deliver oxygen to organs and ...

I receive a lot of emails from readers, which are wide-ranging in topic. Sometimes they're from readers who agree with me while others take issue with what I’ve written. Some ask provocative questions ...

You know the feeling. When you first see your crush and your head starts spinning, your palms get sweaty, and your heart begins beating a mile a minute. Is this love? Or is it … an arrhythmia? The ...

Beats are also faster in moments of stress or excitement, after we’ve consumed caffeine and when we exercise. Some speculate that overdoing it at the gym or performing other intense physical ...

WARMINSTER, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- You've probably never heard of PVCs, but chances are you've had them if you felt your heart skip a beat. Cardiac PVCs might be benign, but can sometimes pose a ...

A junctional escape rhythm is when the heartbeat starts in a different part of the heart than it should. This type of arrhythmia may not need treatment, but a doctor does need to investigate the ...