TEND TO HAVE MORE FREQUENT AND LONG LASTING ATRIAL FIBRILLATION, OR AFIB EPISODES THAN MEN. LACEE GRIFFITH HAS MORE. WOMEN MAY BE AT HIGHER RISK OF STROKE AS WELL. MERCY MEDICAL CENTER CARDIOLOGIST ...

When it comes to heart health, many conditions are tricky to diagnose because their symptoms can be similar to others, and atrial fibrillation (AFib) is no exception. That’s a problem, since untreated ...

Women with arrhythmias are still slipping through the cracks of diagnosis, according to Svetlana Barbarash, MD, chief of ...

A WOMAN MAY BE AT HIGHER RISK OF STROKE AS WELL. MERCY MEDICAL CENTER CARDIOLOGIST, DOCTOR MARK VESELY SAYS AFIB IS A RHYTHM PROBLEM WITH THE WAY THE HEART BEATS. HE SAYS IT BECOMES MORE COMMON AS WE ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) — Doctors are stressing the importance of female heart health this week during the transition from American Heart Month to Women’s History Month. One local cardiac specialist ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — September is AFib Awareness Month. You may not have heard of it. It’s a very common heart condition that will impact one in four U.S. adults. It’s usually mild, but if left ...

Women with atrial fibrillation not only have an increased risk of stroke compared to men, but also experience more severe and disabling strokes. Factors that predispose women with atrial fibrillation ...

Discovering you have atrial fibrillation (aka AFib or AF) could make you feel some anxiety. After all, this most common type of arrhythmia ups your risk for fatal heart conditions and stroke, per the ...

Atrial fibrillation, commonly referred to as AFib, was once thought to happen rarely in people younger than 65 and not be as serious in that age group. A new study by the University of Pittsburgh ...

PRINCETON, N.J. & NEW YORK, February 22, 2023 /CSRwire/ - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is teaming up with Bristol Myers Squibb and Pfizer to raise awareness of atrial fibrillation (AFib) and its symptoms as ...