Stress is an imprecise term and a difficult thing to measure. But technological advances mean it’s now simple to capture what is perhaps the best proxy for our response to it: heart rate variability, ...

While heart rate variability (HRV) is a standard measure of the autonomic nervous system activity, its real-time monitoring is often compromised by inter-patient variability and data contamination ...

Whoever we are, whatever we’re doing, we have a measurable heart rate. It’s a pretty clear sign of being alive. But what should your heart rate be when exercising? When we exercise, our heart rate ...

It might be time to start listening to your heart. In recent years, millions of Americans have incorporated wearable health trackers like smartwatches and Oura rings into their lives, with studies ...

Heart rate variability (HRV), the variation in intervals between consecutive heartbeats, reflects autonomic nervous system function and has been studied as a potential biomarker in cardiovascular ...

Heart rate variability (HRV) is most often used as a standalone, without integration of complementary data. Yet these data are at our fingertips, and a revolution might be just around the corner. This ...

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 ...

These days, everyone from the average Susan to the hardcore data-loving wellness enthusiast has the technology to track just about anything in the name of self-optimization. A ring wearable tells you ...

These days, it may seem like there’s a million different data points that you’re supposed to keep track of—hello, steps, sleep, and recovery scores!—and it’s difficult to know which ones are worth ...

NEW YORK, Dec 16 (Reuters) - U.S. rate futures on Tuesday raised the probability of the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates at the next policy meeting in January after data showed U.S. unemployment ...

A post hoc analysis found that the effect of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) on cardiac and inflammatory stress responses was critically dependent on variability in baseline ...