A higher “heart age” than your actual age means you’re at greater risk for life-threatening conditions like a heart attack or ...

Early detection through medical tests allows doctors and patients to take preventive measures before minor concerns turn into ...

UCSD scientists designed a wearable patch they said can connect to a laptop to show you the functions of your heart.

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 ...

Alere Inc. (NYSE:ALR) has released results from a study that shows heart patients benefit from a self-test to monitor B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels.

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.

Whitworth, 75, is one of three people in Central Texas who have had a Fire1 device implanted at Heart Hospital of Austin. They are the first patients in the country to be part of an early ...

Researchers have developed a soft, flexible, wireless device to monitor and treat heart disease and dysfunction in the days, weeks or months following traumatic heart-related events. And, after ...