Fitbit is focusing on bringing its AFib monitor to more users in the world, now announcing that it is adding more regions to support its latest feature via the software update for the smartwatch. It ...

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 ...

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 ...

YOUR WRIST. >> IT PICKS UP A REGULAR HEARTBEAT. MINDY: THIS WATCH DOES MORE THAN TELL TIME. IT MONITORS HIS HEART. HE HAS HAD TROUBLE WITH HIS HEART FOR YEARS. >> SHE BUYS ME THE WATCH. I PUT IT ON, ...

A large-scale clinical trial of Fitbit’s pulse-tracking algorithm showed some success in spotting the hidden signs of atrial fibrillation, demonstrating the capability of smartwatches and fitness ...

Remote monitoring devices like insertable cardiac monitors have already massively cut down on the amount of time that clinicians must spend actively tracking patients’ conditions—but French startup ...

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.

Atrial fibrillation, or Afib, is a condition where the heart races or quivers, resulting in an irregular heartbeat. As many as six million Americans have it and the CDC suggests that number will ...

Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is an irregular quivering, and sometimes rapid, heartbeat or rhythm. It occurs when there is a chaotic distribution of electricity and the two atria, top chambers 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 ...

Your health is in your hands. Or in this case, on your wrist. According to a news article, the FDA recently cleared a Fitbit feature that works in the background to monitor heart rhythms. It checks ...