Watch your heart, not your wrist
PETALING JAYA: Marketing executive Jac Lim is a 38-year-old fitness freak who works out regularly at a gym.…
Metformin shows promise in treating AFib recurrence after ablation
People with atrial fibrillation (AFib) and obesity may have fewer episodes of AFib after ablation if they take the diabetes medication metformin…
One cup of coffee a day could keep atrial fibrillation from coming back
In a first-of-its-kind randomized trial, patients who kept drinking coffee after cardioversion were less likely to experience recurrent…
Study shows that smartwatches often detect atrial fibrillation very reliably, with differences between Apple, Garmin, Fitbit and Samsung
Some background information may be needed for interpretation and classification, along with an explanation of technical terms. In…
What Britain’s post-war sugar rationing teaches us about long-term heart health
A rare “natural experiment” from 1950s UK sugar rationing reveals that lower sugar exposure in the first 1,000…
Study finds bright nights raise risk for stroke and heart failure in adults over 40
Researchers have discovered that people exposed to brighter light at night face up to 50% higher risks of…
Restricted sugar intake during early life associated with lower cardiovascular risks in adulthood
Restricted sugar intake during early life is linked to lower risks of several heart conditions in adulthood, including…
Circulating transthyretin with atrial morpho-functional phenotypes and atrial fibrillation risk, and the modifying role of BMI | BMC Medicine
Baseline characteristics After excluding participants without available data of baseline TTR (n = 457,805), those with prior AF diagnosis (n = 881),…
Cardio-kidney-metabolic complexity in patients with atrial fibrillation: an analysis from the prospective GLORIA-AF registry phase III | Cardiovascular Diabetology
Marassi M, Fadini GP. The cardio-renal-metabolic connection: a review of the evidence. Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2023;22:195. Article PubMed PubMed…
Living in food deserts linked to higher stroke and death risk in atrial fibrillation patients
Patients with atrial fibrillation who live in neighborhoods with poor access to full-service grocery stores face sharply higher…
Artificial intelligence offers individualized anticoagulation decisions for atrial fibrillation
Bottom Line: Mount Sinai researchers developed an AI model to make individualized treatment recommendations for atrial fibrillation (AF)…
Aug 22 2025 This Week in Cardiology
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