An NIH-funded clinical trial is exploring the potential role of wearables in managing atrial fibrillation (AFib), possibly helping reduce patient reliance on lifelong blood thinners. This seven-year ...

A little more than five years ago, in the early hours of my birthday, no less, I woke up to what I thought was that intense and prolonged alert that the Apple Watch gives you when it’s about to go ...

The Apple Watch receives a special approval from the FDA. Credit: Manaure Quintero/Bloomberg via Getty Images The FDA just gave the Apple Watch a historic first approval for a digital health tech ...

Tom Curran, an avid hunter and fisher, thought he was experiencing anxiety when he first noticed his heart rate spiking dramatically. It wasn't until he received an Apple Watch, as a gift, that he ...

The Apple Watch has plenty of potential for health monitoring even after discovery of a condition, and a new study outlines its usefulness in monitoring patients after atrial fibrillation ablation.

Smartwatches beat standard cardiology care when it came to detecting atrial fibrillation (Afib, or AF) in a high-risk population, the Dutch EQUAL trial found. Among older people with elevated stroke ...

The World Health Organization estimates that nearly 1.3 billion adults live with hypertension worldwide. Many don't even know they have it. That's why Apple's latest announcement could change lives.