Giving more blood to anemic patients after a heart attack may save lives, according to a Rutgers Health–led study.

Physicians at Emory University Hospital performed the first-ever surgical implantation in the United States of a brand-new ...

Explore the amazing power of heart regeneration. Discover how new research is changing the way we understand the human ...

When the winter months come around, the human body goes through numerous physiological and biological changes in the process ...

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.

Genetically modified pig organs may be the answer to the shortage of human organs for those in dire need of a transplant.

That’s not the case for all of us, I’m reminded, as I look inside a cardboard box containing around 20 plastic hearts—each a ...

Scientists at Queen Mary University of London and Barts Health have developed an innovative tool that simulates blood flow in ...

Scientists at Queen Mary University of London and Barts Health have developed an innovative tool that simulates blood flow in the aorta, helping heart surgeons plan surgeries more precisely.

Your heart may have to circulate two to four times as much blood per minute as it does when temperatures are cool. This means it has to work harder and faster to accomplish the task. Narrowed arteries ...

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has been linked to an increase in heart disease and blood clots in a study. Researchers analysed almost a million women in Sweden and found those taking certain ...

Aortic stenosis is a debilitating heart condition. It causes a narrowing of the aortic valve, restricting blood flow out of the heart. Over time, the valve thickens and stiffens, making the heart ...