A team led by scientists at Queen Mary University of London reports that certain risk factors for heart disease are linked to common changes in the structure and appearance of the heart. Risk factors ...

Just like any other muscle, the structure of the heart can be changed through exercise. However, this adaptation process takes longer than it takes the muscle to revert to its original conditions.

In a recent study published in the journal Nature, a large team of researchers from the United States (U.S.) used single-cell ribonucleic acid (RNA) sequencing combined with high-resolution ...

According to the World Health Organization, 4.2 million deaths occur every year as a result of exposure to ambient (outdoor) air pollution. Of the world’s population, 91% live in places where air ...

Differences in the shape and texture of men and women's hearts could potentially explain why their risk of heart disease differs, according to research funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF).

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ancora Heart, Inc., a company developing a completely transcatheter device-based therapy to address heart failure (HF), today announced that patients treated with the ...

Using cannabis has been linked to changes in the structure of the heart in a study. Researchers interviewed and assessed heart the scans of 3,407 participants for the study. The volunteers were placed ...