As daylight saving time approaches, the American Heart Association reminds us that regular interruptions to our body’s internal clock don’t just cause inconvenient sleep disturbances but may also ...

As daylight saving time approaches, the American Heart Association reminds us that regular interruptions to our body’s internal clock don’t just cause inconvenient sleep disturbances but may also ...

A new gene therapy can reverse the effects of heart failure and restore heart function in a large animal model. The therapy increases the amount of blood the heart can pump and dramatically improves ...

When the heart struggles to pump efficiently, a cascade of events unfolds. Fluid accumulates in the lungs and extremities. Breathing becomes labored. Simple activities like climbing stairs or carrying ...

A naturally occurring fat molecule reduced heart inflammation and scarring caused by diabetes, thereby improving cardiac function, according to new research. The findings open the door to developing a ...

Heart failure sounds alarming—and rightfully so. Yet approximately 6.5 million Americans currently live with this condition, many with the specific variant called systolic heart failure, and a ...

Researchers at the Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah, and the University of Utah School of Medicine, have demonstrated that a gene therapy can ...

In diseased hearts, low-dose radiation therapy appears to improve heart function. Cardiologists and radiation oncologists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis pioneered the use of ...

In two large studies of heart attack survivors, beta-blocker drugs benefited those with mildly impaired heart function Contradictory trial results seen in patients without heart dysfunction More data ...