In this video I'm building an Arduino Heart Rate Monitor that is housed in a toy handle in the style of the Star Trek Tricoder. The device uses the PulseSensor with an Arduino Pro Mini and an OLED ...

University of Washington researchers built a smartphone app that tracks fetal heart rate as accurately as clinic tools using only the phone's speaker and mic, though it's not ready for release yet.

You can approach heart rate training in a few ways, and each method has its own set of variables. It can seem like a complicated process. That’s why whenever heart rate training entered the chat, I ...

Following up on the cardiac abnormality thankfully detected by wearable devices, this engineer details the system he donned ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. Heart rate zones are a ...

I needed some good news. Following a December heart scare that landed me in intensive care for a night, I have been feeling anxious. While undergoing tests at UH Samaritan Medical Center in Ashland in ...

NeuroBand is a specialized smart safety armband engineered to provide timely assistance to elderly and high-risk individuals during emergencies. Its primary goal is to mitigate the risks associated ...

There have been many questions about what direction Arduino would take after being bought by Qualcomm. Now it would seem that we’re getting a clearer picture. Perhaps unsurprisingly the ...

Myocardial ischemia, the primary driver of heart attacks, remains the leading cause of death and disability worldwide. Delays in diagnosis directly correlate with increased myocardial necrosis, higher ...

Abbott’s CardioMEMS™ HERO is a compact remote reader that is 60% lighter compared to its previous generation device for heart failure patients with Abbott’s CardioMEMS pulmonary artery pressure sensor ...

Nurses are the tireless heroes of healthcare, unsung and under-resourced. They believe in the work they do and work every day to do more with less. Thankfully, new technologies and workforce ...