Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a condition that affects over five million Americans. For people over the age of 65, it is the ...

A new study has found that wearable technology may be catching up to, or in some ways surpassing, standard care for cardiac event detection. “One of the most striking findings was the approximately ...

Mario Aguilar covers technology in health care, including artificial intelligence, virtual reality, wearable devices, telehealth, and digital therapeutics. His stories explore how tech is changing the ...

Participants aged 65 years and older with elevated stroke risk were recruited and randomly assigned to 180 days of monitoring. HealthDay News — Six-month smartwatch-based atrial fibrillation (AF) ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - February is Heart Health Month, and Memorial Health in Savannah says a smart watch alerted a patient about a dangerous heart condition. Thirty-nine year old Daniel Smith says ...

The use of consumer smartwatches within telemonitoring boosts new diagnoses of atrial fibrillation (AF) compared with standard approaches in older patients who are at high risk for stroke, the ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A southeast Georgia woman said her Apple Watch may have saved her life not once, but twice. Angela McLean was alerted by the watch that her heartbeat was irregular just after she ...

Congestive heart failure (CHF) is a condition that affects over five million Americans. For people over the age of 65, it is the most common diagnosis when they are hospitalized. One in nine deaths ...

Screening improves detection of new-onset atrial fibrillation among patients at elevated stroke risk. (HealthDay News) — Six-month smartwatch-based atrial fibrillation (AF) screening improves ...