Physician-scientists found that a subset of artificial heart patients can regenerate heart muscle, which may open the door to new ways to treat and perhaps someday cure heart failure. A research ...

Heart problems are common in people who have a stroke. Heart disease is a stroke risk factor, and heart problems can develop or worsen during the acute phase of the stroke, during the recovery ...

Hamlin worked with Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on the bill, and the NFL's Smart Hearts Coalition also supported their aim to help improve heart health education around the country. "It's super ...

Long before we're born, our heart's tissues twitch and convulse in a rhythm that only ceases in our final hour. It's a function so mechanical we could be forgiven for overlooking its complexity. Yet ...

It may sound dramatic, but the rate at which your heart is beating plays a key role in how long you’re likely to live. According to expert cardiologists and academic researchers, resting heart ...

This manuscript aims to identify the pacemaker cells in the lymphatic collecting vessels - the cells that initiate the autonomous action potentials and contractions needed to drive lymphatic pumping.

Eating a small amount of sugar from time to time might be better for your heart than completely eliminating it, a new study suggests. The report, published on Dec. 8 in Frontiers in Public Health ...

2011; Rudolph et al., 2019). In contrast to the heart, skeletal muscle cells form large syncytia, which contain nuclei of several fused cells. How titin moves along the large syncytium and how titins ...