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

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

To live is to have a heartbeat, which is why it makes sense for us living things to have a good understanding of our ticker. It’s well-known science that our hearts beat faster when we exercise and ...

In India, a growing number of young adults are showing higher-than-normal uric acid levels, a condition once seen mostly in ...

People in their 30s may risk a heart attack or stroke in later life even when they have "normal" blood pressure, if it's too high or steeply rising, according to a new study led by UCL researchers.

Use a watch and see how far you can run in 12 minutes on a flat surface (ideally, a track), maintaining as steady a pace as possible while covering as much distance as possible. Then plug your result ...

Cutting out just one candy bar's worth of calories from your diet a day may be enough to lower your risk of suffering diabetes or heart disease, a study suggests. Researchers at Rush University in ...

A new study suggests your weight-to-height ratio may reveal heart disease risk more accurately than BMI. Subjects with larger ...

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 ...

Overcrowding at Kumasi Central Prison has turned it into a laboratory for treating neglected tropical diseases. The lack of ...