A hidden atrial dysfunction may raise stroke risk in people with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM); however, a noninvasive assessment tool may help identify those at increased risk, ...

A naturally occurring gene called Cyclin A2 (CCNA2), which turns off after birth in humans, can actually make new, functioning heart cells and help the heart repair itself from injury, including a ...

When someone has a heart attack or heart failure, heart muscle cells are lost and the heart cannot replace ... keeping their structure and function and demonstrating normal protein and calcium ...

A giraffe's long legs aren't just for height, they save energy by reducing how hard the heart works to pump blood upward ...

THE lure of the fat jab is clear to see, drastic weight loss fast – and seemingly without much effort. And the benefits ...

Ask the average American man where his diet might be going wrong, and he’ll probably point to one too many burgers or a few extra beers. But while men overshoot on some nutrients like saturated fat ...

Most of us go through our daily routines without thinking twice about how our small choices add up. We grab that extra cup of coffee, sit through another meeting, skip the gym again, and assume these ...

Ultra-processed foods—also known as UPFs—are foods that go through many industrial processes and often contain added sugars, ...

Heart health is about more than just the heart itself. It's a two-way street between the heart and the rest of the body. However, many U.S. adults aren't aware of the connection between organs.

Over the course of evolution, the human heart has largely lost its ability to regenerate. Our distant ancestors were not ...

A new study suggests that men require nearly double the amount of exercise as women to lower heart disease risk an equivalent ...

Researchers found that adults who took melatonin for more than a year had a higher risk of heart failure, but not because of ...