Heart palpitations describe when your heart flutters, races, or skips. They’re a common symptom of perimenopause. Heart palpitations during perimenopause typically happen due to ...

It’s natural to feel your heart beating faster when you’re climbing up a flight of stairs or jogging. But sometimes, you might feel your heart flutter when you’re simply sitting on the couch and ...

This article was reviewed by Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA. Heart palpitations after eating? You’re not alone. These brief episodes of heart racing, pounding, or fluttering can happen for ...

Most of us have had that unsettling sensation when our heart seems to flutter or "skip" a beat — but when heart palpitations start happening more frequently, you may wonder if it’s something to get ...

We're heading into holiday heart syndrome season, the time of year when binging and boozing at boisterous bashes can leave your heart racing. Getty Images Be still your heart — we’re heading into ...

Do you ever have your heart suddenly pound, race, or feel like it skipped a beat out of nowhere? I remember the first time it happened to me, during a stressful work deadline, that flutter in my chest ...

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 ...

This post is in response to A Human Life Is Not a Problem to Be Solved By Steven C. Hayes Ph.D. In his thoughtful post, Dr. Steven Hayes discussed (among other things) an episode in which he felt his ...

Lindsay Gavin, 40, was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer after having heart palpitations. Like many patients, she only noticed symptoms during the later stages of pancreatic cancer. Leaning on ...

Abbie Frankum says she had to 'fight' for medics to listen before her diagnosis ...

Many people like to lie down when they’re full after a big meal. Eating and lying down each cause a slight, temporary decrease in blood pressure. The drop they cause can be stark enough to trigger ...