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 team ...

Sustainable engraftment of heart muscle cells (cardiomyocytes) can be achieved by implanting patches of engineered heart muscle onto the surface of the heart under immune suppression. Evidence from ...

Type 2 diabetes doesn’t just raise the risk of heart disease—it physically reshapes the heart itself. Researchers studying donated human hearts found that diabetes disrupts how heart cells produce ...

A groundbreaking medical discovery is changing how experts think about heart disease risk, and it has nothing to do with the usual suspects like high blood pressure or cholesterol. Scientists at ...

My most memorable Christmas gift this past year was COVID, whose symptoms set in just in time to ruin the holiday. Womp, womp. Fortunately, it was a fairly mild case. But even weeks after I’ve ...

Share on Pinterest Muscle fat may increase heart disease risk more than subcutaneous fat, a new study warns. Image credit: Hispanolistic/Getty Images. Heart disease is the number one killer in the ...

People with pockets of fat hidden inside their muscles are at a higher risk of dying or being hospitalised from a heart attack or heart failure, regardless of their body mass index, according to ...

Work culture has shifted subtly in recent years, with a direct impact on how our bodies function. For example, hours spent sitting at desks, multiple virtual meetings, daily commuting, and excessive ...