If you have a racing or irregular heartbeat, also known as an arrhythmia, one likely suspect is atrial fibrillation (AFib).

The causes of heart disease are varied and often interlinked. Hypertension remains the biggest driver, silently damaging the ...

The human heart beats approximately 100,000 times daily, pumping over 2,000 gallons of blood through a 60,000 mile network of vessels. This remarkable feat relies on a precise electrical system ...

A new study from Karolinska Institutet shows that an unusual heart rhythm disorder, POTS, is particularly common in people ...

Dr. Cuffe answers the question: 'Most Common Heart Disease Risk Factors?' — -- Question: What are the most common risk factors for heart disease? Answer: Well, the common risk factors for ...

An uncommon heart-rhythm disorder occurs in nearly 1 in 3 adults with severe long COVID, most of them middle-aged women, ...

More than 99% of people who experienced a heart attack, heart failure, or stroke had at least one of four major ...

Congenital heart diseases (CHDs), the most common birth defects, affect 8 to 12 per 1,000 live births globally. These ...

Bleeding gums are often dismissed as a sign of poor oral hygiene - but they could be a red flag for something much more ...

Just as many women are unaware of some of the vague signs of a heart attack, the same knowledge gap exists for some medical ...

A report based on data compiled between 1990 to 2023 across 204 countries found that cardiovascular diseases (CVD) remain the ...

Many people experience one or more types of psychological distress, including depression, anxiety, psychosocial stress or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), after a heart attack, which can affect ...