The Apple Watch series AFib feature has received new approval from the FDA. From now on, the results returned by the devices are considered medical grade. Previously, the results could be considered ...

With a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, scientists from the University of Rochester Medical Center and Rochester Institute of Technology will enroll up to 300 people at risk ...

Blood pressure monitor maker Omron Healthcare has gotten approval for a new home monitor that can detect atrial fibrillation, or a-fib. The company uses a novel machine-learning algorithm, called ...

Do you know the signs of AFib? Dr. Jennifer Caudle joined Pete Scalia to explain the importance of monitoring your heart health and the potential risks of atrial fibrillation (AFib), including stroke.

Verily, Alphabet’s life sciences research arm, is collaborating with San Francisco-based iRhythm Technologies to develop digital health tools for screening, diagnosis and management of atrial ...

The FDA has granted a de novo clearance to a wearable device—with a form factor you’re familiar with—that can check patients for atrial fibrillation without relying on the electrical signals of the ...

MADRID -- Remote screening yielded new cases of atrial fibrillation (Afib or AF) in the general population that otherwise would have gone undetected and untreated, according to the AMALFI trial in the ...

Atrial fibrillation is a type of arrhythmia that causes an irregular or abnormally fast heart rate. It is the most common arrhythmia. When someone has atrial fibrillation, the upper chambers of their ...

The patient expert told the committee how, when someone has a stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA) with no identifiable cause, they can live in fear of having another stroke. This is because ...