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WAUKESHA, Wis. - Hundreds of young people lined up in Waukesha on Tuesday, Aug. 13 for a potentially life-saving test. 21-year-old Abby Fregien describes herself as an active athlete. But do not be ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. - An approach based on artificial intelligence (AI) may allow EKGs to be used to screen for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the future. With hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the heart ...

Back when it was announced, Verily said that it had an ECG feature alongside the usual stuff you expect on a smartwatch — but it didn’t receive clearance from the FDA for it until today (oddly, in the ...

Your heart is one of the most important organs of the body and it is imperative that you take care of your heart health. American swimmer Michael Phelps said, "The problem with heart disease is that ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A Knoxville family faced a life or death situation a few years ago when their 5-year-old son went into cardiac arrest. They said it came out of nowhere, but believe one simple test ...

An NHS test to assess a patient's risk of heart attack is worthless, a study has found. The electrocardiogram, which records the electrical impulses produced by a heart's rhythm, is not accurate ...

Genetic testing is moving from predicting heart attacks years down the line to flagging dangerous heart rhythms before they ever appear on an electrocardiogram. Instead of waiting for symptoms, ...