ECG monitors, also known as EKGs, can measure your heart rate and rhythm. Having one at home can be helpful, but what type should you get? Check out our picks to get started. ECG or EKG stands for ...

Meanwhile, another Scripps researcher, Eric Topol, is at the helm of a study comparing the efficacy of the Zio Patch to the current gold standard for rhythm monitoring. Called the Holter monitor ...

The advent of wearable devices that monitor our heart rhythms both excites and worries doctors. By Randi Hutter Epstein, M.D. On a recent Saturday, my 87-year-old mother was feeling a bit woozy ...

The FDA will allow you to wear your heart monitor on your sleeve ... it can differentiate between normal heart rhythms and atrial fibrillation, which is the most common type of abnormal rhythm.

April 11 (UPI) --The Food and Drug Administration on Monday cleared a Fitbit feature that passively monitors the heart rhythms of users. The device periodically checks the rhythms of the heart of ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- Doctors soon may be able to more accurately monitor heart rhythm disturbances and gauge the severity of atrial fibrillation (AF) with a new algorithm used in the Reveal XT ...

However, according to a blog post by National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins, M.D., Ph.D., a wireless adhesive patch designed to monitor the heart's rhythms could replace this ...

Abbott debuted its latest insertable cardiac monitor, equipped with new features to help clinicians sift a constant flow of heart rhythm data for potentially dangerous conditions such as atrial ...