Current recommendations prescribe that every adult should accumulate 30 minutes or more of moderate physical activity in leisure time A study conducted among cyclists in Copenhagen, Denmark... Read more
Researchers have developed a new type of imaging technology to diagnose cardiovascular disease and other disorders by measuring ultrasound signals from molecules exposed to a fast-pulsing la... Read more
A 4-year-old girl has beaten the odds and no longer needs a heart transplant thanks to something called the Berlin Heart. It is a device that sits outside the patient’s chest with smal... Read more
A commercially available particle trap can filter microscopic pollutants in diesel-engine exhaust and prevent about 98 percent of them from reaching the air, according to research reported i... Read more
Preliminary research could open the door to ready-to-use bioengineered veins Small-scale animal studies suggest that surgeons might one day be able to simply open the refrigerator when the n... Read more
Heart disease remains one the biggest killers in the Western world. When a heart attack or heart failure occurs, permanent damage often affects the heart, destroying live cells and leaving t... Read more
Heart disease is the number one killer in the U.S, and congenital heart disease is the most common birth defect around the world. About five million people in the U.S. have heart failure, an... Read more
Understanding the biological basis of senescence may allow us to delay or prevent the degenerative declines long accepted as an inevitable part of getting older. The chief causes of natural... Read more