You're curled up on the couch, finally relaxing after a long day when suddenly, your heart starts racing. You're obviously not exercising and you don't think you're stressed, so why does it feel like ...

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 ...

Racing Hearts is a lifesaver. In just 10 years, they’ve placed more than 1,000 automated external defibrillators (AEDs) within Santa Clara County, and they’ve made Santa Clara County the first county ...

Awesomeness TV has acquired the rights to develop Racing Hearts, the upcoming debut novel from Ann Adams, as a streaming movie. Set in the world of competitive rowing, the coming-of-age romance ...

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 ...

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 ...

Some people find that when they stand, their hearts tend to race and they get dizzy and lightheaded. This is due to a rare condition called postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, or POTS—and ...