Scientists at Mount Sinai have discovered a gene that can make the human heart repair itself. By reactivating the dormant ...

Over the course of evolution, the human heart has largely lost its ability to regenerate. Our distant ancestors were not ...

Over the course of evolution, the human heart has largely lost its ability to regenerate. Our distant ancestors were not ...

The Cyclin A2 gene (CCNA2), which turns off after birth in humans, can promote cardiac repair in adult human cardiomyocytes.

When someone has a heart attack or heart failure, crucial muscle cells are lost and the heart cannot replace them. There is no current way to grow new heart cells after damage, meaning patients must ...

A hidden atrial dysfunction may raise stroke risk in people with transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM); however, a noninvasive assessment tool may help identify those at increased risk, ...

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have discovered that the gut's rhythmic muscle movements could help explain how blood vessels in the brain expand and contract together.

Husband-and-wife director-producer team Steve Hudson and Sonja Ewers spent a decade piecing together partners and financing ...

Sudden cardiac death is a serious medical emergency and, according to the cardiologist, can be fatal without immediate emergency intervention. Heart-related diseases are at an all-time high. Young ...

Creatine is often associated with hitting the gym and building muscle, but the supplement, typically taken in powder or capsule form, has recently been linked to a variety of other uses and benefits.

They aren’t all sudden or intense, experts says. By Jancee Dunn I had a relative who experienced chest pain one afternoon. He brushed it off, and said that he’d sleep on it and that if he still felt ...

Heart attack and heart failure are two distinct but often confused cardiovascular conditions. A heart attack occurs suddenly when blood flow to part of the heart muscle is blocked, causing tissue ...