Those of us who watch the Olympics as bystanders tend to smugly judge athletes for succumbing to pressure without understanding what we even mean by the term. The first thing to know about pressure is ...

Early detection and prompt treatment of acute pulmonary embolism (PE), a sudden and potentially life‑threatening blood clot that blocks arteries in the lungs, is critical. Comprehensive ...

In TODAY.com's Expert Tip of the Day, a cardiologist weighs in on "Frank's sign," a subtle feature on a specific body part ...

Brain activity has been detected up to an hour after cardiac arrest, challenging long-held beliefs about when death truly ...

In humans, chronic high blood pressure forces the heart to work too hard. The muscle of the left ventricle thickens in defense, a condition called hypertrophy. Eventually, this leads to fibrosis, ...

MYQORZO was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of adults with symptomatic oHCM to improve functional capacity and symptoms, and by the China National Medical ...

It would be his dream retirement spot except that it’s just south of the J.H. Campbell coal plant, which spews pollutants and ...

The Magnetom Flow.Ace, a novel 1.5 tesla (T) platform for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), has been installed at the Animal Neurology Center in St Louis, Missouri—the first installation system in a ...

Researchers, physician-scientists and cardiac surgeons are leading technological and life-saving therapeutic advances to gain a deeper understanding of cardiovascular disease.

The familiar heart symbol doesn’t look much like a real human heart—and that mismatch is the whole mystery. If the shape is supposed to stand ...

The human heart can lose up to one-third of its cardiomyocyte (heart muscle cells) following a severe heart attack, but a new study found that the heart can regrow these cells following ischemia.

The campaign features four-time Olympic gold medalist Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, and her father, three-time all-American track star, Willie McLaughlin, who suffered from the non-obstructive form of ...