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 ...

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 ...

A wireless heart monitor contained in a smartphone case was associated with similar performance to traditional transtelephonic monitoring for the detection of sinus rhythm, atrial fibrillation and ...

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 ...