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.

Heart rate is an important sign of fetal health, yet few technologies exist to easily and inexpensively track fetal heart rates outside of doctors' offices. This can create risks for pregnancies in ...

Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading global cause of mortality, claiming nearly 18 million lives each year. Early detection and continuous monitoring of blood pressure, vascular resistance, and ...

Wearables can be helpful in understanding whether the lifestyle changes you’ve made are having a measurable effect on your heart health.

A tiny region in a little-known muscle protein may hold the key to a healthy, steady heartbeat, as well as possible clues to ...

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While some wearables may be tailor made for trial use, they face challenges translating to real-world patient applications outside of a stringent trial setting, and vice versa. This creates a unique ...