For the severely malnourished, simply starting to eat normal meals again can cause sickness—even death.

Heart attacks trigger a cascade of reactions in the body, and certain immune cells may worsen the damage by disrupting heart ...

Is this ancient practice the key to long life? Emilie Lavinia consults longevity experts on the health-giving power of hot ...

Coronary artery calcium (CAC) is a marker of subclinical atherosclerosis that confers increased risk of atherosclerotic ...

A research team led by IGTP, in collaboration with IR Sant Pau and ISGlobal, identifies a protein as a central element in ...

New research reveals that even five minutes of daily exercise can significantly lower blood pressure. A study found that replacing sedentary time with brief, intense activities like running or cycling ...

Mitral regurgitation and tricuspid regurgitation are the most common valvular heart diseases in patients with heart failure and have independent prognostic value. Transcatheter interventions are now ...

Researchers at USC have created the first method to noninvasively measure microscopic blood vessel pulses in the human brain. Using advanced 7T MRI, they found these tiny pulsations grow stronger with ...

Heart disease is the No. 1 cause of death in the United States. These are the steps you need to take to reduce your risk.

An NIH-supported initiative seeks to unravel how the nervous system tracks and regulates the body’s internal organs. How does ...