After nearly two years of development, Lancashire teachers Rebekah Walne and Hannah Jezeph have officially launched Bloom ...

A massive international study could upend 40 years of heart attack treatment. Researchers found that beta blockers—routinely prescribed after uncomplicated heart attacks—offered no real benefit for ...

The force of a pumping heart changes how cancer cells function, halting their ability to multiply and spread, a new study shows. The finding may help to explain why heart cancer is so rare, occurring ...

If you’re like most people in the United States, you’re probably taking at least some kind of vitamin, mineral or other dietary supplement, maybe to try to promote sleep, boost your immune system or ...

Two women, same age, same symptoms of atrial fibrillation. One lives in Boston. Within 36 hours, she has a referral for a cardiologist in a nearby neighborhood and schedules her appointment for the ...

Recent research suggests that breast arterial calcification (BAC) picked up on routine mammograms may help predict a woman's risk of stroke, heart failure, and dying from a cardiac-related cause.

Statistically speaking, you’re more likely to die of a heart attack or a stroke than from any other cause. Cardiovascular disease is the leading killer of men and women — not just in the United States ...

The human heart can lose up to one-third of its cardiomyocyte (heart muscle cells) following a severe heart attack, but a new study found that the heart can regrow these cells following ischemia.

A new study suggests the vagus nerve may be one of the heart’s most important defenders against aging. Researchers found that keeping this nerve connected to the heart helps protect heart cells and ...

Some studies point to melatonin use as beneficial to heart health, while others say the opposite. Here’s how to make sense of the complex research. Melatonin may be one of America’s most trusted sleep ...

Before Alison Conklin received a heart transplant in 2022, she didn’t shy away from meat in her diet. She ate chicken and poultry all the time, and her all-time favorite meal was Thanksgiving dinner.