MIT engineers have developed a flexible drug-delivery patch that can be placed on the heart after a heart attack to help ...

This new imaging technique, when applied to humans, could both improve our understanding of the circulatory system (veins, ...

For years, doctors have relied on familiar vital signs—heart rate, blood pressure, temperature and oxygen levels—to monitor someone's health. But researchers at the University of Missouri believe one ...

The umbilical cord is your baby’s lifeline in the womb, as it provides oxygen and all the vital nutrients through a blood ...

Intervening in the pathways that disrupt the brain’s waste clearance system could help prevent or slow Alzheimer’s disease ...

Heart attack and heart failure are two distinct but often confused cardiovascular conditions. A heart attack occurs suddenly when blood flow to part of the heart muscle is blocked, causing tissue ...

They aren’t all sudden or intense, experts says. By Jancee Dunn I had a relative who experienced chest pain one afternoon. He brushed it off, and said that he’d sleep on it and that if he still felt ...

Nearly at her due date and seemingly healthy, one 27-year-old woman says a bizarre symptom had her rushing to the hospital — where she soon had to undergo an emergency C-section and open-heart surgery ...

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Dr. Sean Barbabella shared that the president underwent the testing as part of "his ongoing health maintenance plan" for "optimal" heart health Trump also received current boosters for influenza and ...

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