While heart palpitations can be "startling and very unsettling," a Georgia-based heart surgeon assures that they are very rarely dangerous or life-threatening. Be still your heart — we’re heading into ...

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 ...

Palpitations are a relatively common sensation that many individuals have experienced at some point in their lives. They are defined as an awareness of one's often abnormal heartbeat and can range ...

The way we describe how someone makes us feel — that they make our heart flutter or skip a beat — is a cutesy phenomenon, in theory. But when heart palpitations strike for real, it can be an alarming ...

When your heart suddenly starts racing or feels like it has skipped a beat, it’s natural to feel alarmed. For people who frequently experience heart palpitations, these sensations are more common—they ...

Chest pain or palpitations can signal hidden heart trouble. Know when an ECG test is needed, what results show, and when to seek urgent care.

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 ...

Heightened awareness of one’s own heartbeats, also known as palpitations, has recently been seen as a common trend. Though most of these episodes are related to job-related stress or anxiety and panic ...

What has caused this young woman in her 20s to develop heart palpitations and shortness of breath? That's what Xuhong Geng, MD, of Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University in China, and colleagues ...