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Browsing: Heart
The heart is a vital muscular organ responsible for pumping blood throughout the body, delivering oxygen and nutrients while removing waste products. It plays a central role in the circulatory system and is essential for sustaining life. Researchers study the heart to understand cardiovascular function, detect and treat conditions such as heart disease, arrhythmias, and heart failure, and develop new therapies and technologies to improve cardiac health. This page features the latest scientific findings related to the heart, including insights into heart disease prevention, diagnostics, treatments, and innovations in cardiovascular medicine.
MRI technology reveals that unhealthy lifestyles can prematurely age your heart by decades. Scientists at…
Among patients who experienced an early cardiovascular event, those treated with semaglutide had approximately 40%…
A groundbreaking study identifies the most influential modifiable non-clinical risk factors for enhancing heart health.…
A global study estimates that exposure to the plastic additive DEHP caused over 356,000 heart…
Higher levels of micronanoplastics were found in carotid artery plaque, especially in people with stroke…
A groundbreaking study has shown that pig hearts could keep critically ill babies alive while…
A new gene therapy reversed heart failure in pigs by repairing heart function through cBIN1,…
Researchers have discovered a surprising trigger for heart damage after a heart attack: surviving heart…
The drug enhances outcomes in a high-risk patient population with a significant unmet need. Tirzepatide…
Cardiovascular disease remains the world’s top killer, but early detection through better blood testing could…
Scientists have developed a powerful new injectable treatment that, when administered after a heart attack,…
A new study reveals that heart attack survivors could greatly reduce their risk of a…
A one-year prospective study found no correlation between atherosclerosis and extremely high cholesterol levels in…
A major new study shows that giving heart attack patients a cholesterol-lowering combo treatment early…
ADHD medications have minor effects on heart rate and blood pressure, with benefits outweighing risks.…
A new perspective challenges recent restrictions on aspirin for preventing heart attacks and strokes in…
Eating at the right time of day may be more important for heart health than…