A wearable heart monitor raises the detection rate of the dangerous irregular heartbeat known as atrial fibrillation (A-fib) by more than 50%, a new study finds. Unfortunately, there was no increase ...

Do you know the signs of AFib? Dr. Jennifer Caudle joined Pete Scalia to explain the importance of monitoring your heart health and the potential risks of atrial fibrillation (AFib), including stroke.

A woman's hand with an Apple Watch Series 4 with the ECG app on the screen. Dr. Le thinks wearable devices now picking up more diseases than before contributed to the increased cases of AFib. Atrial ...

Screening for atrial fibrillation (AF) using a wearable heart monitor for 2 weeks can identify older adults with this potentially dangerous abnormal heart rhythm, but does not prevent subsequent ...

Atrial fibrillation (Afib) is a type of cardiac arrhythmia, or abnormal heart rhythm, that is very common — and more prevalent than previously thought. A large study published in October 2024 in a ...

Wearable, long-term continuous heart monitors helped identify 52% more cases of atrial fibrillation compared to usual care, but that did not lead to a reduction in hospitalizations due to stroke, ...

"Progress made in reducing heart attack deaths provides a roadmap to address rising mortality rates from arrythmias, heart failure and hypertensive heart disease" HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill., July 3, 2025 ...

The heart rhythm disorder called atrial fibrillation (AFib) can affect people of any age, but is most common in older adults. It may start with a rapid heartbeat, a fluttering feeling in a person’s ...

Blood pressure monitor maker Omron Healthcare has gotten approval for a new home monitor that can detect atrial fibrillation, or a-fib. The company uses a novel machine-learning algorithm, called ...

If you have a racing or irregular heartbeat, also known as an arrhythmia, one likely suspect is atrial fibrillation (AFib). “Of all the possible heart rhythm disorders, atrial fibrillation is by far ...

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Atrial fibrillation, or A-fib, is the most common type of arrhythmia, affecting at least 2.7 million people in the United States. This number is expected to grow to more than 12 million by 2030, which ...