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 ...

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.

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 ...

A Philadelphia-area woman is among a growing number of younger women with cardiovascular disease. This device saved her life.

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

Abbott has secured the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its next-generation CardioMEMS HERO device, which ...

A tiny region in a little-known muscle protein may hold the key to a healthy, steady heartbeat, as well as possible clues to future treatment of devastating heart ailments. Washington State University ...

Every year, hundreds of thousands of Americans die from heart disease–the leading cause of death in the country. In some ...

The Aktiia Hilo Blood Pressure Monitor is the first cuffless monitor to be cleared by the FDA. It’s discreet, highly accurate, and simple to use ...

Abbott (NYSE: ABT) today the FDA approved its CardioMEMS Hero next-generation pulmonary artery (PA) pressure reader.

Sleep is one of medicine's underused data streams. Clinically, disturbed sleep has often been treated as a symptom of a disorder, but sleep is also a physiological state in which brain, cardiac, ...