Somewhere between 3 million and 10.5 million Americans have atrial fibrillation, an erratic heartbeat caused by faulty electrical signaling in the heart. A-fib is especially...
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Surgical Treatments for Atrial Fibrillation
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...
Atrial Fibrillation Medications
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...
Atrial Fibrillation and Life Expectancy
If you’ve been diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, you probably have several urgent questions. “Does this mean I’m going to be very sick? What does it...
Can Atrial Fibrillation Be Caused by Anxiety?
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...
What Is the Main Cause of Atrial Fibrillation?
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...
Atrial Fibrillation Symptoms at Night
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 Flutter vs Atrial Fibrillation
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...
What Is Atrial Fibrillation?
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,...
How to Stop Eating When You’re Not Hungry
Hunger isn’t the only reason we eat. Sometimes we eat as a way to cope with stress, sadness, loneliness or boredom…to celebrate feelings of joy…as...
What Is a Sinus Infection?
What do the common cold, flu and allergies have in common? They all can lead to a sinus infection, says board-certified otolaryngologist Jordan Josephson, MD....
Ways to Improve Balance
When we were kids, having a good sense of balance was associated with everyday activities like riding a bicycle or skateboard. But as older adults,...
