Medically reviewed by Angela Ryan Lee, MD Tachycardia is the medical term for a heart rate over 100 beats per minute (BPM).

You can use the ECG app on your Apple Watch to monitor your heart rate and detect irregularities, in which case you should notify your doctor.

YOU. AND TODAY IS THE WOMAN’S DOCTOR WOMEN SEE A LOT OF CHANGES WHEN THEY ENTER MENOPAUSE. ONE YOU DON’T PROBABLY THINK ABOUT IS ATRIAL FIBRILLATION. A NEW AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION STUDY SHOWS 1 IN ...

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 48-year-old man presents to his primary care provider for a routine physical examination. He has a history of hyperlipidemia; he does not have any known heart disease. His pulse is noted to be rapid ...

Samsung said that this coming summer the Health Monitoring app will run heartbeat checks in the background and will notify users of irregular heart rhythms. reading time 3 minutes Samsung’s Galaxy ...

People who get irregular pulse notifications on an Apple Watch but don’t have atrial fibrillation — the condition the feature focuses on detecting — could still have another type of problem with their ...

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 ...

There’s a bitter truth behind sweetened drinks. The American Heart Association has backed a new study that found both sugar- and artificially-sweetened beverages can increase consumers’ risk of ...