Micro-fluctuations in the time between heartbeats are proving a helpful indicator of mental health, stress levels, exercise capacity and even how well you are ageing.

Your heart may be aging differently than the rest of you. And, for many Americans, their hearts might be even a decade older than their actual age, new research suggests. Heart disease is the leading ...

Impaired balance may be associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, which encompasses conditions that affect the heart and blood vessels. Conversely, heart conditions like heart ...

Your heart rate can tell you a lot about your fitness and cardiovascular health. Your heart beats consistently, day in and day out, but you may not generally pay close attention to it. You might take ...

When you stop exercising, your heart does not immediately come back to its normal resting rate. The heart returns to its normal rhythm at a gradual pace, during a process called heart rate recovery ...

In the 1930s, two long-term studies of depression found that depressed individuals had higher mortality rates from heart disease, but this relationship was not truly appreciated until the 1980s. Since ...