NFL players, coaches and staff put their bodies on the line every season. They sacrifice health, time, energy and more for a chance to win a Super Bowl. When that season eventually comes to an end, it ...

LA Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh is having a cardiac ablation during the offseason. It's a procedure to treat an irregular heart rhythm. The procedure involves creating tiny scars in the heart that then ...

If you are diagnosed with early-stage prostate cancer, you usually have three treatment choices: monitoring (called active surveillance), surgery, or radiation therapy. Whole-gland ablation is an ...

Jim Harbaugh told reporters Tuesday he had two successful surgeries during the 2025 NFL offseason. One was a hip replacement; the other was a cardiac ablation done after the 61-year-old coach ...

The heart is at the center of a complex electrical system. Just like any machine, sometimes the system does not always work correctly. There may be a short circuit. This could lead to an abnormal or ...

Catheter ablation significantly reduces cardiovascular risks and mortality in patients with both atrial fibrillation and obstructive sleep apnea. The study involved over 18,000 patients, showing a ...

Patients with atrial fibrillation undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting have a higher survival advantage if they received surgical ablation during the procedure compared to patients who did not, ...

A doctor may recommend surgery for arrhythmia when medications and lifestyle changes haven’t been effective. The different types of arrhythmia surgeries each aim to restore a regular heart rhythm.

Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is a procedure aiming to shrink the sizes of nodules and tumors or treat pain. RFA is not a cure-all solution, however. Back pain may not go away after RFA or may come ...