Fingertip monitors known as pulse oximeters that can be used at home to detect low blood oxygen levels (hypoxaemia) give ...

Many parents know that their own pulse or heart rate should be within about 60 to 100 beats per minute. Your child, however, may have a higher pulse rate, depending on their age. Because heart rate ...

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While we often focus on heart rate during exercise, our resting heart rate (RHR) provides valuable insights into the efficiency and overall health of our cardiovascular system. Measured when you are ...

If you’ve ever bolted awake from a nightmare with your heart beating like a frenzied drum, you already know that sleep and rest are not the same. Which is why it should make sense that neither are ...

A heart rate over 100 bpm or under 60 bpm at rest can be dangerous. Exercising can safely increase your heart rate, but it should return to normal after you stop. Various factors like stress, caffeine ...

What we physicians tell patients should be based on evidence, but that doesn’t always happen. A good example is when patients ask what their pulse rate should be and we tell patients between 60 and ...