Your pulse and blood pressure work together as vital indicators of heart health, though they measure different things. While blood pressure shows how forcefully blood pushes against artery walls ...

An ultra-sensitive robotic “finger” can take the pulse of doctors' patients and even check for abnormal lumps. The soft ...

This story appears in the November 2015 issue of National Geographic magazine. The view out the window was bad enough. As his research plane flew over groves of California’s giant sequoias, some ...

News about a dynamic emerging global environmental and economic initiative was reported last month at the 11 th World Health Congress, hosted by the World Federation of Public Health Associations ...

If you notice unexpected results, take multiple readings and notify your healthcare provider. If your pulse oximeter ...