The secret to a healthier and "younger" heart lies in the vagus nerve. A recent study coordinated by the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa and published in Science Translational Medicine ...

Roughly 400,000 middle-aged adults tracked across multiple years showed a clear pattern: those with worse cardiovascular ...

Heart disease is a leading cause of death across the globe. In the United States, someone suffers a heart attack every 40 seconds. Now, new research in mice suggests that after such an event, the ...

Arteries become clogged. Blood flow is restricted and oxygen is cut off. The result is a heart attack, the world’s leading cause of death. The conventional approach to studying and treating these ...

Scientists at the University of California San Diego have discovered a path between the brain and the immune system that could potentially lead to new ways to ease heart attacks. They showed that ...

Cluster of differentiation 38 (CD38) is a widely expressed transmembrane glycoprotein in various human tissues and cells with vital biological roles in the heart and brain, possessing both NADase and ...

Eight essential nutrients make up the suite of B vitamins also known as the B complex. Research at Tufts and elsewhere has revealed that these B vitamins influence a vast spectrum of human health and ...

With a Whoop health tracker strapped to my wrist for the past year, I’ve had an unusually detailed window into my biology – sleep, blood oxygen, steps and, most intriguingly, heart rate variability, ...

Infants born with congenital heart disease (CHD) often have neurodevelopmental impairments that affect them later in life, including their ability to regulate their emotions and movements. As CHD is ...

We're learning about risk factors we can do something about, just as we did decades ago with heart disease, writes Dr. Yogesh ...