Arrhythmia is an irregular heart rhythm. The condition is usually not serious, but when it is, treatment is generally effective. Share on Pinterest Jasmin Merdan/Getty Images It’s common for children ...

Your heart beats about 100,000 times a day. Sometimes it beats faster and sometimes more slowly, depending on what you're doing and whether, for instance, you're all worked up about something. So ...

Arrhythmias are due to problems with your heart’s electrical pathways, affecting its rate or rhythm. Heart conditions, electrolyte imbalances, and certain medications are among the causes that can ...

We could soon be checking our heart rhythm while grocery shopping, thanks to a device incorporated into the handle of a supermarket cart designed to monitor for atrial fibrillation, a common heart ...

Azithromycin, a common antibiotic used to treat bacterial infections, does not increase risk of ventricular arrhythmia, a rapid, irregular heartbeat, according to a study published in the Canadian ...

Atrial fibrillation (AF or AFib) is the most common type of heart arrhythmia, affecting millions of people worldwide. Researchers have now developed a new procedure that shows great promise as a safe, ...

Study authors initiated this study because of a lack of data on arrhythmia trends among pregnant women who have been hospitalized for delivery, accounting for their age, comorbidities, and obesity ...

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

July 27 (UPI) --Younger adults who abuse alcohol are nearly 75% more likely to die after being hospitalized for an irregular heartbeat than those drinking moderately or not at all, according to study ...