First-time high school student-athletes must have a state-mandated ECG screening before they can even try out. For fall sports, time is running out.

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Normally, your body keeps serum magnesium within a very tight range. However, if you have this medical condition, your ...

Over 26% of U.S. adults with a normal BMI met new criteria for clinical obesity proposed by the Lancet commission. About 78% of adults had excess adiposity if defined by using two or three abnormal ...

A new study from Spain has uncovered important clues about what happens inside the heart during one of the deadliest medical emergencies: ventricular fibrillation. The findings could eventually help ...

A new study from Wake Forest University School of Medicine suggests a routine heart test—an electrocardiogram (ECG)—may offer ...

Question: My 13-year-old daughter is very tall and faints a lot. Her body is changing, and I have told her that it is nothing ...

Learn why your heart may be beating slowly, and when it is normal and when it is not, prompting immediate check-up. | Health ...

The issue An abnormal EKG result can be a shock to the system. Dr. Samir Saba, co-director of the UPMC Heart and Vascular ...

Our hearts beat more than 100,000 times a day, often without us giving them a second thought. But when that steady rhythm feels irregular — fluttering, racing, or skipping — it can be unsettling and ...