University of Texas at Arlington researcher aims to find preventions and treatments for cardio-sarcopenia, an age-related ...

In a new research report, a team of scientists led by Johns Hopkins Medicine say people with severe obesity and a common type ...

When heart muscle gets damaged, the result is often permanent. Unlike other muscles in the body, the heart has long been believed to lack the ability to heal itself. But recent research suggests that ...

HCM causes the heart muscle to abnormally thicken, making it harder for the heart to pump blood effectively. According to the ...

Until now, there have been few therapeutic options for children with severely reduced heart pump function. Recently, surgical ...

Every day, thousands of people worldwide suffer a heart attack, often leading to lasting damage to the heart muscle. Recent ...

The heart is a very resilient muscle. Scientists observed heart muscle cells regenerating in mice studies after a heart attack. Their heart muscle cells, called cardiomyocytes, were observed dividing ...

The heart is the body's hardest-working muscle. Whether you're awake or asleep, or exercising or resting, your heart is always at work. It pumps blood through arteries to deliver oxygen to organs and ...

Kumamoto University researchers discover that combining two advanced heart imaging techniques can predict life-threatening ...

Physical activity in children and teenagers with cardiomyopathy (conditions that affect the heart muscle's structure and ...

A Johns Hopkins-led study reports that severe obesity in people with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is linked to weakened contraction of heart muscle cells, but this defect may ...