Doctors say heart attacks are mostly preventable. They say to take action and to prevent one you should check in with your ...

The Italian Renaissance artist created groundbreaking depictions of humans at a time when the inner workings of the body ...

At the University of Minnesota, researchers keep hearts alive outside the body for hours. Medtronic uses them to develop ...

Nothing doctors prescribed controlled Michael Garrity’s dangerously high blood pressure — until they zapped away some nerves on his kidneys.

Arteries are large blood vessels that carry oxygenated blood from the heart to the cells, tissues, and organs throughout the body. The subclavian artery is a major blood vessel located in the thorax ...

Forecasters warned that temperatures could be “10 to more than 30 degrees below normal” across much of the eastern two-thirds of the country during the first full week of the year. If you're ...

There are several types of heart arrhythmias, with each type needing a different treatment. The goal will be to restore normal sinus rhythm (a normal heartbeat rhythm) while protecting both the ...

Purpose: Heart-rate variability (HRV) measured on standard 10-s electrocardiograms (ECGs) has been associated with increased risk of cardiac and all-cause mortality, but age- and sex-dependent normal ...