Congenital heart disease is the most common birth defect, affecting approximately 1 in 100 babies born each year. One of the ...

Congenital heart disease is the most common birth defect, affecting approximately 1 in 100 babies born each year. One of the many causes for this disorder is having only one functional copy of the ...

Every cell in the human body carries the same 3 billion letters of DNA, yet a neuron, a heart muscle cell and a pancreatic beta cell each use that shared code to do entirely different jobs. How cells ...

You probably know that strength training builds and helps you maintain muscle, but it also plays a vital role in metabolic health—including reducing visceral fat. Muscles are metabolically active, ...

Cardiologists explain why blood pressure matters, what raises hypertension risk, and lifestyle changes that may help lower your readings.

It’s one of those conditions that sneaks up on you—more than half of U.S. adults with uncontrolled high blood pressure don’t ...

Lindsey DeSoto, RD, is a nutrition writer, medical reviewer, and registered dietitian who helps clients improve their diet for health-related reasons. Her writing covers a variety of topics, including ...

Standing exercises after 50 that a trainer of 40 years says firm the arms, thighs and midsection faster than classes.

Penn State’s washable electronic tattoo reads body signals, stays put during movement and could one day help detect heart ...

Heart symptoms can be mistaken for hormonal changes. Here is how perimenopause, heart attacks and broken heart syndrome ...

Taking a 10 to 15-minute brisk walk shortly after eating lunch is one of the best afternoon habits for heart health,” says ...

When Kevin Keegan was a young, football-mad lad growing up in Armthorpe on the South Yorkshire coalfield, he once waited for hours at the door of the Doncaster Rovers stadium, hoping to catch a player ...