Do We Have Limited Lifetime Heartbeats that Exercise Uses Up?
Someone once said, “We have limited lifetime heartbeats; I’ll be damned I’m going to use them up running down a street.” […]
Can Several Bathroom Trips Overnight Mean a Heart Problem?
Are you getting up several times overnight to urinate and wonder if this means a heart problem? […]
Does Excessive Sleep Raise Heart Disease Risk in Athletes?
Even athletes and gym rats can have a habit of getting too much sleep. It’s already known that excess sleep in general isn’t healthy. […]
Should You Worry About Low Resting Pulse if You Never Exercise?
It’s well-known that athletes and those who exercise usually have low resting heart rates. […]
89 over 69 Blood Pressure: Can this Be Normal?
Is the top number of your blood pressure reading sometimes 89 and the bottom number 69? Does a blood pressure of 89 over 69 necessarily indicate a medical problem? […]
Five Ways to Lower Resting Heart Rate without Drugs
If you want to lower your fast resting heart rate without drugs that can cause side effects, there are at least five natural ways to do this. […]
Five Ways to Stop Heart Palpitations without Drugs
A cardiologist says there are five ways you can stop heart palpitations without drugs. If you continue having heart palpitations despite having given these five treatment methods a chance, then you should work with your [...]
Racing Heart vs. Irregular Heartbeat: What’s the Difference?
A racing heart isn’t always irregular, and an irregular heartbeat can sometimes be racing. It’s important to know what the exact meaning is of these two terms, as they are often indiscriminately interchanged by writers [...]
Can an Ultrasound Show Hard, Calcified Plaque in the Heart’s Arteries ?
An ultrasound takes “pictures” of your heart. The difference between hard calcified plaque and soft plaque in the coronary arteries is that the hard buildup is much more stable. […]
What’s a Normal Ejection Fraction for Elderly of Various Ages?
Do elderly people in various age brackets have an associated “normal” ejection fraction? […]
What to Tell Cardiologist if You’re Having Heart Palpitations
If heart palpitations have been scaring you due to frequency, duration or just the way they feel, you need to know exactly what to tell a cardiologist. […]
Sudden Racing Heart Only Briefly Plus Shortness of Breath
What are the possible causes of a sudden but briefly racing heart with shortness of breath? And do the causes differ with young people vs. older? […]
Does Feeling Palpitations in the Neck Mean a Heart Problem?
Have you been feeling “heart palpitations” in your neck? Wondering if a fluttering feeling in your neck might mean that something’s wrong with your carotid artery, such as a blockage from carotid artery disease? [...]
Can a Person Live to 100 with Chronic Heart Failure?
Just how long CAN a person with chronic heart failure live? First off, not all people with chronic heart failure experience congestion (which causes fluid retention). […]
How Do You Have a Low Resting Heart Rate With No Exercise?
Do you exercise a lot and have a fast resting heart rate, while family members or friends who never work out have a low heart rate? Though a normal resting pulse is 60 to 100 [...]
Can Mental Stress Make Chronic Heart Failure Worse?
Chronic heart failure in the elderly has a poor prognosis, but is this made worse if one is subjected to chronic stress vs. if they weren’t? We surely know that chronic stress can contribute to [...]
Why Your Heart Races and You Feel Anxiety After a Big Meal
It may happen soon after a big meal or a few hours after: a racing heart well over 100 beats per minute and lots of anxiety. You may have connected the dots early on, or [...]
Why Playing Computer Video Games Makes Your Heart Pound
Do you find that nearly every time you sit down to play a video game on your computer, it isn’t long before you can feel the pounding of your heart? […]
Feeling Pulse in Finger Wherever You Press It: Is this Normal?
Have you noticed that sometimes, when your index or middle finger is against ANY part of your body, you feel a pulse—and you realize that this heartbeat is emanating from your fingertip? […]
Heart Rate Over 100 a Few Hours After Intense Exercise Normal?
If your heart rate is still over 100 even after intense exercise, you need to find out why this is happening, because it shouldn’t be. […]
Heart Pounds after Bending Over, Standing Back Up
If your heart pounds or races after bending over and then standing back up, there is good news and also bad news for you. […]
What Feeling a Pulse in Your Head Really Means
Does feeling a pulse or heartbeat in your head mean you have an aneurysm? There are two ways to experience feeling a pulse in your head. […]
Can Heart Palpitations Be Caused by Low Iron Levels?
Heart palpitations—the perception that the heart is skipping beats, making extra beats or beating erratically, has multiple causes. Low iron levels can be associated with this situation, which ranges from annoying to frightening. Suddenly feeling [...]
Does Heart Rate Slow Down During an Angina Attack?
Seems that during an angina attack, the heart rate would always speed up and never slow down, being that oxygen supply to the heart during an anginal episode is shorted. An elevated heart rate means [...]
Resting Heart Rate Is 95: Does this Mean Heart Trouble?
Are you unnerved by those studies showing a link between resting heart rates of 95 and all-cause mortality? Isn’t an RHR of 75 better than 95? […]
Sudden Shortness of Breath with a Racing Heartbeat: Causes
“There are a myriad of reasons someone might experience short-lived palpitations — or the sensation of the heart ‘racing,’” says Michael Hoosien, MD, MSc, a cardiac electrophysiologist with Piedmont Heart Hospital in Atlanta, GA. [...]
Sudden Fast Heartbeat when Turning to the Side in Bed: Causes
Boom-boom-boom-boom, your heart rate noticeably speeds up simply because you turned over to the side in bed. Does this mean poor fitness or an arrhythmia? […]
110 Heartbeats Per Minute Pulse at Rest: How Bad Is This?
What’s going on when your pulse is 110 at rest but you don’t smoke or eat caffeine? A heart rate at rest of 110 is outside the normal range. […]
Can GERD Cause an Elevated Resting Heart Rate?
You have GERD and you’ve been experiencing an elevated heart rate without exertion. Could there be a connection? The elevated heart rate may occur while you’re at your computer, watching TV, texting or while lying [...]
Does Your Heart Race and Thump? Obesity May Be the Cause
Being obese, no matter how body positive you are, can cause a racing heart or one that thumps and has an irregular rhythm. The excess fat in one's body can lead to an arrhythmia, specifically [...]
Why Is Hand Grip Strength Linked to Heart Health?
It’s no secret in the medical world that hand grip strength is associated with heart health, cardiac events and death. You may be wondering what on earth does hand grip strength have to do with [...]
Low Blood Pressure but Fast Heart Rate: Is This Okay?
Your blood pressure is impressive: always low, but dang, your baseline heart rate is always fast, like in the 90’s. “Every body is different; however, higher resting heart rates can be an indication of underlying [...]
Why Does My Heart Beat Fast when Trying to Fall Asleep?
It’s not always increased awareness that makes you realize that your heart is beating pretty fast as you lie in bed to go to sleep at night. Though for some people, this explanation holds. “It [...]
Heart Racing in Middle of Sleep: 200 Beats/Minute
If you’ve accurately taken your pulse in the middle of the night to be 200 beats per minute or even 150, after being awakened by this furious heart rate, you should not just stew over [...]
Three Easy Ways to Cure Obsessive Pulse Taking Anxiety
There are three tricks that will go a long ways in ending your anxiety and obsession over taking your pulse, even if you take it a hundred times a day. […]
Best Exercise for Chronic Heart Failure Patients
There are several types of exercise for chronic heart failure patients that research shows are very beneficial. If you have heart failure, you will benefit more from exercise than from a sedentary life. The first [...]
Does Your Heart Race when Rushing Across a Room? Cause & Solution
If the only time your heart races like mad is when you hurry across a room in the house, there’s a very likely reason for this and there’s a solution. […]
Causes of Fast Resting Pulse in Athlete Besides Overtraining
The reason some athletes have a fast resting heart rate has nothing to do with their training. Athletes can have medical conditions that cause a fast resting pulse. […]
Awakening from Sleep with a Racing Heart: Causes, Solutions
If a racing heart is waking you from sleep, this can be even scarier than PVCs. When you’re sleeping, your body is at its lowest energy needs, so why would your heart suddenly start racing? [...]
How to Take Your Heart Rate on Your Body While on a Treadmill
Taking your heart rate on your body rather than the machine is more accurate. When using a treadmill, here is how to do that. After all, a machine's recording may be very innacurate. Though checking [...]
