Approximately 10.5 million Americans have atrial fibrillation (AFib), a condition that causes an irregular, often too fast, ...

Research in rodents aims to find out exactly what alcohol use and overuse does to the heart. Design by MNT; Photography by Instants/Getty Images & windcatcher/Getty Images. While many people associate ...

February is American Heart Month and experts say heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, but it's ...

Irregular heartbeats, especially Atrial fibrillation (AFib), aren’t just for those with serious heart disease. Your weight, disturbed sleep, stress, and drinking habits can trigger or worsen heart ...

The body needs the mineral potassium to regulate muscle contraction. The heart, being a muscle, may respond to changes in potassium levels by developing an irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia. Atrial ...

Patients with atrial fibrillation who are prescribed diltiazem to control heart rate alongside anticoagulants (blood thinners ...

In A Nutshell Men in their 50s who slept less were significantly more likely to have atrial fibrillation (AFib), a common and ...

Most of the time, you don't think about your heartbeat. It works quietly in the background of your day. But sometimes your ...

Atrial fibrillation, or A-fib, is a quivering or irregular heartbeat that can lead to blood clots, stroke and heart failure.

Daniel Moore was about 30 the first time it happened. At the end of a long, hot, stressful day, he chugged an ice-cold glass of milk.