Objective: To evaluate the Heart rate variability (HRV) in different blood pressure populations, analyze its influencing factors, rank their importance, and propose targeted health strategies. Methods ...

A post hoc analysis found that the effect of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) on cardiac and inflammatory stress responses was critically dependent on variability in baseline ...

Regulating your breathing can help lower your heart rate while running. Staying hydrated helps to keep your heart rate lower during exercise. Avoiding stimulants like caffeine can prevent an increase ...

This article was made possible by the support of Yakult and produced independently by Scientific American’s board of editors. Earlier this year I got an Oura ring to track the state of my health. Soon ...

1 Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé I, Yaoundé, Cameroon. 2 Cardiology Unit, Central Hospital of Yaoundé, Yaoundé, Cameroon. 3 Faculty of Medicine and Pharmaceutical ...

Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) affects ~35% of the adult population in the US and increases the risk for cardiovascular complications and all-cause mortality. Altered heart rate variability occurs with ...

Background Heart rate variability (HRV) parameters are an important indicator of cardiovascular health. While it has been well established that aerobic exercise improves HRV, the effects of resistance ...

Not that it was ever unpopular, but it’s fair to say that running is going through somewhat of a renaissance right now. Data released by Sport England in April of this year revealed that 250,000 more ...

Heart rate variability during sleep can predict stroke, depression or cognitive dysfunction years in advance, according to new research presented at the European Academy of Neurology Congress. The ...