New research finds a calculation called DHRPS can help give you better insight into your heart health than step count or heart rate alone. Here's how it works.

People who regularly walked at a brisk pace had lower risk of irregular heartbeat than people who walked leisurely.

Walking 10,000 steps a day is a popular health goal, but researchers have introduced a new, potentially more powerful metric: daily heart rate per step (DHRPS). In a new study published by researchers ...

In a stride towards integrating wearable technology with clinical health monitoring, researchers have identified a new fitness metric, Daily Heart Rate Per Step (DHRPS) that shows stronger ...

Have you met your step goals today? Monitoring your step count can inspire you to bump up activity over time. But when it comes to assessing fitness or cardiovascular disease risk, counting steps ...

Researchers have developed a new metric using data already collected by your smartwatch that can assess cardiovascular fitness, potentially providing an early warning sign for heart disease risk.

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Your average daily heart rate is a useful metric; so is your daily step count. Combining the two might be even better. By Matt Richtel Many people use a smartwatch to monitor their cardiovascular ...

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It's no secret that your smartwatch churns out all kinds of data on a regular basis, including your daily step count and your average heart rate, which provides helpful insights into your health ...

There's no better time to stretch your legs in the great outdoors - and some of the best walking apps can help you make the ...