As the name suggests, your resting heart rate (RHR), or pulse, is the number of times your heart beats per minute when you're... well, at complete rest. (Heads up! Don't confuse it with blood pressure ...

When you think about monitoring heart and breathing rates, you likely picture a wearable device—a wristband, chest strap, or ...

After three harrowing weeks in the hospital, Terry Downs, 68, was on a path to recovery. A former Boeing engineer who helped design the stealth bomber, Downs was admitted to HCA Healthcare's Wesley ...

A new 'technopill' can safely monitor a person's vital signs from inside their bodies, researchers report. The vitals-monitoring (VM) Pill works by tracking the small vibrations in the body associated ...

Respiratory rate, another metric in the Apple Watch vitals app, shows how many breaths you take per minute. This typically ...

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