Cardiovascular Disease

When some people receive an atrial fibrillation diagnosis, their first question is whether medication and surgery are really necessary. Can the condition (an irregular, quivering...

Although atrial fibrillation (“A-fib”) is a serious and even dangerous condition, it also happens to be quite treatable. Today’s heart doctors have multiple options for...

Recent decades have seen a blossoming of the science around controlling the dangerous form of irregular heartbeat known as atrial fibrillation or “A-fib”. Pioneering physicians...

When first told that they have atrial fibrillation, many people begin wondering what they might have done to bring on the condition. Among other factors...

Atrial fibrillation (or “A-fib”) is an irregular heart rhythm in the upper chambers of the heart that’s closely associated with stroke risk. If you or...

If you’ve been told that you have atrial fibrillation (or “A-fib”), you may have noticed that you only experience its symptoms—or experience them more strongly—at...

Atrial fibrillation, also known as “A-fib,” is a type of heart arrhythmia in which the electrical signals that regulate contractions of the heart muscles are...

In 2024, researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, released data estimating that some 10.5 million Americans…or 4.5% of the adult population…have atrial fibrillation,...

Chronic inflammation has gotten a lot of press in recent years, as researchers establish associations between it and numerous health problems, including diabetes, Alzheimer’s, depression,...

If you’ve been diagnosed with hypertension, experts recommend that you get a home blood pressure monitor and keep track of your pressure on a regular...