Feeling your heart race can be an unsettling experience. Whether it happens during a moment of stress, excitement or seemingly out of nowhere, a racing heartbeat is often dismissed as just a temporary ...

Imagine waking up from a sound sleep with your heart pounding like you’ve just finished a strenuous workout. For Phyllis Steel, this was how her experience of cardiac arrhythmia took a new turn.

If you sometimes experience a racing or irregular heartbeat, it may be caused by atrial fibrillation (AFib), the most common type of heart arrhythmia. AFib can make you five times more likely to have ...

"Muscle tension can be a trigger for tension headaches ," says Zemenides. "Typically tension-type headaches are characterised by what we call a 'band-like sensation' around the head that can result in ...

Share on Pinterest Researchers are one step closer to understanding how the body may influence the mind. Image credit: Simone Wave/Stocksy. Researchers have investigated whether increasing heart rate ...

The metaphor 'my heart skips a beat' usually refers to shock, but for atrial fibrillation (AFib) patients, it's a literal occurrence. AFib is a type of heart arrhythmia that affects more than three ...

Q: I’ve been taking metoprolol for about 10 years. At first, I was doing fine on a generic made by Par. Then the pharmacy switched to a different generic supplier. After a few doses, my heart started ...