Your heart has its own nervous system, a whole network of neurons. New research is shedding light on how it works.

Researchers at King’s College London report that urolithin A, a molecule the body can make after eating pomegranates, walnuts and some berries, improved measures of heart function by up to 80% in ...

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In mouse models with stiff and failing hearts, urolithin A improved measures of heart function by as much as 80 percent ...

Key points of this discussion]The IABP is a balloon that inflates during diastole and deflates just before the next systole, ...

The 6-year-old ran up and down the hall, first to one nurse, then another, to the receptionist and back to her mom. She could ...

A new study published October 13 in European Heart Journal–Cardiovascular Imaging found that 17% of weightlifters who ...

An experimental drug improved heart pumping and reduced breathing pauses in rats with heart failure. The findings suggest ...

Men who used steroids while strength training wound up with thicker walls in the lower left chamber of their hearts, ...

Heart failure often develops after a heart attack because excessive collagen-based scar tissue forms during repair. While collagen is necessary to reinforce scars, disease and chronic inflammation can ...

Electrolyte drinks and powders have become a fixture of morning routines far beyond athletes and hangover cures, and the ...

There’s nothing seedy about this superfood. A silent yet deadly epidemic is sweeping the nation, with the number of Americans ...