Decades-long study suggests heart disease prevention and screening should happen sooner.

Past research has consistently shown that men tend to develop heart disease earlier than women. In recent decades, however, ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have discovered that the heart’s own contractions trigger biological signals that guide the formation of a functional beating heart. Their study in zebrafish ...

An international team of researchers has discovered a natural mechanism that protects the heart from heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), a serious condition in need of effective ...

A University of Houston pharmacology researcher and expert in cardiac development has identified a new cause of—and repair ...

Though an estimated 60 million people around the world have atrial fibrillation, or A-fib, a type of irregular and often fast heartbeat, it's been at least 30 years since any new treatments have been ...

Everyone has, at some point in their life, held a baby in their arms. They could be your children, grandchildren, niece or nephew or siblings. Have you ever stopped to wonder how many things must have ...

New research in Sweden has produced a "blueprint" revealing how the human heart is built during prenatal development. It offers insights that could lead to improved prenatal care and new treatments ...