Exercise intervention associated with reduced atrial fibrillation burden
An exercise program combining short-term supervision with long-term home-based exercise was associated with reduced atrial fibrillation burden and other…
‘A warning saved my life’: can Hongkongers trust smartwatches, or are they being misled?
In the third instalment of a five-part Health Matters wellness series on Hong Kong’s growing wellness trends, Victor…
Newer blood thinners linked to slower Alzheimer’s decline
Newer blood thinners were linked to slightly slower memory and thinking decline in people with both Alzheimer’s disease…
How 83-year-old can do 300 pull-ups in under 40 minutes and why he trains others for free
At 83, Charles Mammay starts most mornings the same way: a good long stretch as soon as he…
Abbott AFib devices show up to 84% success
Positive 12-month results from the VOLT-AF IDE Study presented at the AF Symposium and simultaneously published in JACC: Clinical Electrophysiology, reinforce…
Caffeine may prevent irregular heartbeats in people with atrial fibrillation, new study claims
Coffee can prevent irregular heartbeats, according to a new study. The “Does Eliminating Coffee Avoid Fibrillation (Decaf)” trial…
Study shows that smartwatches often detect atrial fibrillation very reliably, with differences between Apple, Garmin, Fitbit and Samsung
Some background information may be needed for interpretation and classification, along with an explanation of technical terms. In…
What Britain’s post-war sugar rationing teaches us about long-term heart health
A rare “natural experiment” from 1950s UK sugar rationing reveals that lower sugar exposure in the first 1,000…
Artificial intelligence offers individualized anticoagulation decisions for atrial fibrillation
Bottom Line: Mount Sinai researchers developed an AI model to make individualized treatment recommendations for atrial fibrillation (AF)…
High-performance computing sheds light on heart rhythm disorders
You may have heard the phrase “my heart skipped a beat” when someone was talking about a romantic…