Until now, there have been few therapeutic options for children with severely reduced heart pump function. Recently, surgical ...

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Dr Aaron Holley argues that skeletal muscle — not just heart and lungs — is a key, often missed driver of activity ...

Every day, thousands of people worldwide suffer a heart attack, often leading to lasting damage to the heart muscle. Recent ...

Japanese researchers have transplanted human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) in a primate model of myocardial infarction and were able to restore heart muscle and function in monkeys. Developed ...

Researchers at the Nora Eccles Harrison Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute, University of Utah, and the University of Utah School of Medicine, have demonstrated that a gene therapy can ...

A new gene therapy can reverse the effects of heart failure and restore heart function in a large animal model. The therapy increases the amount of blood the heart can pump and dramatically improves ...

Calcium is a key mineral for long-term health, yet many people fall short of their daily needs. In fact, nearly 4 in 10 Americans don’t get enough, which can raise the risk of injury and disease. That ...

Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have made an important advance toward understanding-and potentially treating-a rare cardiomyopathy (heart muscle disease) that is present from birth ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People with hidden pockets of fat in their muscles – similar to so-called marbling in beef – are at a higher risk of dying from ...

A new gene therapy can reverse the effects of heart failure and restore heart function in a large animal model. The therapy increases the amount of blood the heart can pump and dramatically improves ...