Too much alcohol causes damage to your heart, even if you are young and fit, say the authors of a new study that adds yet another reason to keep drinking to a minimum. Arrhythmia, or an irregular ...

An abnormal heart rhythm, or arrhythmia (also referred to as an irregular heartbeat), is a condition in which your heart beats too fast (at more than 100 beats per minute, or BPM), too slowly (at less ...

Adults with congenital heart defects were more likely to experience an abnormal, irregular heartbeat, finds a new study. Almost 1 in 5 adults with congenital heart disease living in Israel had or ...

Middle-aged folks who don't exercise are putting themselves at risk of life-threatening complex heartbeat irregularities, a new study says. Adults 40 to 65 with low fitness levels had a 52% increased ...

Non-sustained ventricular tachycardia is an abnormally fast heart rate that occurs in the lower chambers of the heart and lasts for less than 30 seconds. Tachycardia is a heart rate that is faster ...

The risk of developing an irregular heartbeat increases after menopause. New research finds that stress and insomnia may play a role. Having an irregular heartbeat raises the risk of developing a slew ...

If you have a racing or irregular heartbeat, also known as an arrhythmia, one likely suspect is atrial fibrillation (AFib). “Of all the possible heart rhythm disorders, atrial fibrillation is by far ...

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Yoga, already proven to lower high blood pressure and cholesterol levels, can cut in half the risk of a common and potentially dangerous irregular heartbeat, according to a U.S ...

Many middle-aged folks might have an irregular heartbeat condition, especially if they don’t exercise Low fitness levels were associated with a 52% increased risk of arrhythmias People’s risk for an ...

Treating gum disease after a procedure to correct an irregular and abnormally fast heart rate may lower the risk of the cardiac condition reoccurring. The disorder, known as atrial fibrillation, ...