Smartwatches and wearable heart monitors can help detect issues such as irregular heart rhythms. But they also have limits ...

Dr. Wessler is a self-confessed health tracking enthusiast and has also participated in large-scale clinical trials that helped bring cardiac monitoring technology to market. Highlights Only ...

A wearable heart monitor raises the detection rate of the dangerous irregular heartbeat known as atrial fibrillation (A-fib) by more than 50%, a new study finds. Unfortunately, there was no increase ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I see smart watches that are advertised to measure heart rates, oxygen saturation, blood pressure, and even glucose levels. Are these things accurate? -- A.K. ANSWER: The quality of ...

Screening for atrial fibrillation (AF) using a wearable heart monitor for 2 weeks can identify older adults with this potentially dangerous abnormal heart rhythm, but does not prevent subsequent ...

Jennifer Adamy, a 43-year-old cardiac nurse living in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, was very familiar with the signs of heart problems. So, when she started experiencing symptoms of irregular heart ...

Data from a team of Dutch researchers presented this weekend at the Endocrinology Society’s annual meeting in Chicago demonstrated how vital monitoring wearables could identify Type 1 diabetes ...

From left, Manuel Hernandez, Ayse Dogan and Richard Sowers watch as graduate student Laila Shaaban walks on a treadmill while a “smart shirt” tracks electrical activity in her heart. In the background ...