The heart is the body's hardest-working muscle. Whether you're awake or asleep, or exercising or resting, your heart is ...

How Smoking Attacks the Heart and Vessels. Cigarette smoke delivers a toxic cocktail of nicotine, carbon monoxide and thousands of other chemicals into the bloodstream.

A heart attack is a life-threatening medical emergency that can happen suddenly and without warning — however, there are ...

The ion channel PIEZO2 doesn't just convey touch stimuli. It also plays a key role in the development of coronary vessels, a team led by Annette Hammes from the Max Delbrück Center reports in "Nature ...

Diuretics - sometimes called "water pills" - increase the amount of water the body expels. They are taken widely, including ...

The UCLA advance opens the door to growing other vascularized organ models, including intestines and colons, providing ...

Some women may be unaware they’re living with risks for heart disease, kidney disease and metabolic conditions like diabetes, ...

Instead, you may risk circumventing the built-in mechanisms that help humans to cool down. For example, when we get too hot, ...

Marcelo Muñoz was waiting in line at a festival food truck, eyeing a batch of fried churros, when inspiration struck – an ...