For the first time, surgeons have successfully performed a remarkable new heart transplant in which the donor organ never ...

Scientists apply principles of math and physics to unravel the mystery of how the endoplasmic reticulum, an organelle vital ...

Researchers reveal that the guinea pig pre-implantation embryo is very similar to the human embryo, spurring a better understanding of infertility and early human development.

REDUCING your salt intake is a popular health recommendation, particularly when it comes to lowering blood pressure. But ...

However, the evidence supporting some of the conclusions remains incomplete, and further mechanistic studies are needed to clarify how miR-283 affects normal aging and influences exercise adaptations.

Right-sided heart failure develops when the right side of the heart is too weak to pump blood to the lungs. This causes blood to back up into the venous system, limiting how much blood the heart can ...

It makes your skin pale because it sends blood away from the skin to your muscles. It makes your heart pump faster, speeds up your breathing, and gets more glucose (sugar) into your bloodstream to ...

Dark leafy greens, fish, whole grains, low fat dairy products, and some carb sources may help manage diabetes and lower your risk of heart disease. Diabetes is a health condition in which the ...

That portion is your ejection fraction. This measurement focuses on the left ventricle, the heart’s main pumping chamber. A higher ejection fraction—up to a certain point—means the heart is pumping ...

Cardiogenic shock (CS) remains a significant challenge in cardiovascular medicine, characterized by substantial morbidity and mortality. Historically, patient outcomes in CS have been varied, highly ...

Elijah Punturi is 29. He's reffed 12,000 basketball games. And he has heart failure Punturi was adopted when he was 5: 'I called her 'Mama.' I didn't know English at all. I opened up by arms and ...