Dr. Robert A. Bruce, the cardiologist who devised the now ubiquitous treadmill stress test to assess heart disease, has died. He was 87. Bruce died Thursday at the Ida Culver House, an assisted-living ...

Natalia C. Berry, Agarwal Manyoo, William M. Oldham, Thomas E. Stephens, Ronald H. Goldstein, Aaron B. Waxman, Julie A. Tracy, Peter J. Leary, Jane A. Leopold, Scott ...

Want to make sure you’ll be around in 10 years? Hop on a treadmill: After analyzing 58,000 stress tests, Johns Hopkins researchers determined — with great accuracy — that the results of a treadmill ...

Standard exercise electrocardiography (ECG) is the most commonly used and the least costly noninvasive test to identify coronary artery disease (CAD). It is used to elicit cardiovascular abnormalities ...

If you want the best measure of your fitness, it’s time to check out your VO2 max. VO2 max is the maximum amount of oxygen your body can utilize during intense exercise, measured in milliliters of ...

1 Department of Human Physiology and Sports Medicine, Faculty of Physical Education and Physical Therapy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium 2 Center for Human Movement Sciences and ...