Accurately measuring electrical signals and calcium levels in the heart can lead to earlier treatment of potentially fatal conditions, such as heart attack or congestive heart failure. Calcium plays ...

Health authorities such as the NHS outline several symptoms that may indicate heart failure: Some people also experience a ...

A new experimental therapy helps restore the heart’s flexibility in models of stiffened heart failure. Michael Gotthardt and his colleagues at the Max Delbrück Center are working with U.S. researchers ...

Your heart might be functioning as if it’s decades older than your chronological age, particularly if you carry excess weight or live with chronic health conditions. The concept of “functional heart ...

An immune cell type called macrophages, found throughout the body's tissues, are often referred to as the body's clean-up ...

A new gene therapy can reverse the effects of heart failure and restore heart function in a large animal model. The therapy increases the amount of blood the heart can pump and dramatically improves ...

Fatty fish, like salmon, herring, and sardine, provide omega-3 fatty acids, crucial for heart and brain health. The body can't make these fats, so you will need to get them from your diet.

New research in Sweden has produced a "blueprint" revealing how the human heart is built during prenatal development. It ...

In two large studies of heart attack survivors, beta-blocker drugs benefited those with mildly impaired heart function Contradictory trial results seen in patients without heart dysfunction More data ...

On Sept. 24, doctors filed into a bustling Houston Methodist operating room to gaze at the novelty of a heart that appeared to beat on its own. A close look revealed the secret — a waist-high ...