Pregnant women often worry about their babies’ health in between doctor’s visits, but a new mobile app can help put them at ...

A bill introduced in the Ohio House would require the registration of all fetal deaths, along with the filing of a certificate of life after the detection of a fetal heartbeat.

An app developed by a UW computer science Ph.D. student has shown promise in monitoring fetal heart rate by mimicking Doppler ...

PRINTED ON TREADMILLS and exercise bikes in gyms around the world is a simple method for estimating the maximum rate at which your heart should safely beat, in beats per minute: 220 minus your age.

University of Washington researchers built a smartphone app that tracks fetal heart rate as accurately as clinic tools. No extra hardware, no gel, just the phone’s own speaker and microphone. It’s ...

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 ...

DopFone uses an off-the-shelf smartphone’s existing speaker and microphone to accurately estimate fetal heart rate. The phone mimics a Doppler ultrasound, emitting a tone and listening for the subtle ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I wear a smart watch, and a few times now, it has alerted me that my heart rate is below 45 bpm. This has only occurred when I’m in my recliner, relaxing and starting to nod off. I am ...

Fans watching the Winter Olympics on NBC networks may notice a unique addition to the coverage—a live heart rate monitor showing the stress of the coaches, parents and partners of the American ...

Fitness Trackers I spent two weeks testing the brand-new Amazfit Active 3 Premium — and I don’t know why anyone would spend $400 on an Apple Watch again iPhones This iPhone feature stopped my eye ...

Nancy Guthrie’s 2 a.m. pacemaker spike on the day she vanished could mean that the elderly woman was involved in a heart rate-surging struggle with her possible captors, a lead cardiologist speculated ...

A hair-thin, soft robotic probe inserted through existing surgical ports to continuously track multiple fetal vitals in real time. Northwestern University researchers have developed the first device ...