University of Washington researchers have developed a technology that turns a smart speaker into a heartbeat monitor. Anran Wang, a UW doctoral student in the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science ...

Smart speakers are known for playing your favorite music, telling you the weather or reminding you when to get up and take a walk. They also could be an important tool in cardiology. Researchers at ...

The basic premise of the stethoscope has been around for centuries, largely unchanged. Jonathan Kitchen/DigitalVision via ...

Researchers have developed a new skill for a smart speaker that for the first time monitors both regular and irregular heartbeats without physical contact. Smart speakers, such as Amazon Echo and ...

A health care worker places the wearable devices across a patient's chest to capture sounds throughout the lungs that are associated with breathing. During even the most routine visits, physicians ...

Heart sounds are created as blood flows through the heart's valves, causing them to open and close. Abnormal heart sounds such as murmurs may indicate problems with the heart valves. Ordinarily, heart ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — According to the CDC, heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. With that in mind, there’s new technology that can help detect cardiac issues you may not ...

Google announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted clearance for a long-awaited algorithm to detect atrial fibrillation (AFib) in users through select Fitbit smartwatches and ...