DPI stands for "dots per inch” or “dots per linear inch,” and is used to measure the sensitivity of a computer mouse’s sensor. Alternative phrases such as CPI, or “counts per inch ...

Deaths from heart failure increased 146% over the same time period, while death due to persistent high blood pressure rose by 106%. Changes in cardiovascular risk factors are contributing to the ...

Deaths from arrhythmias — when the heart beats too fast, too slow or irregularly — increased the most, with the age-adjusted death rate soaring 450%. Heart failure deaths, caused by the heart ...

It would be profoundly disruptive,” he says. “The same is true of a heart arrhythmia.” Heart arrhythmias are common; up to 5% of the general population has some form of the condition.

Changes in cardiovascular risk factors are contributing to the rise in certain types of heart disease, the study said. Obesity, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, poor food choices and physical ...