Virginia Tech researchers at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC have discovered that microscopic structural ...

Too many people still miss heart trouble Is your heart healthy? In a 2015 study published in JAMA, eight out of 10 men and ...

High blood pressure, blood clots, arrhythmias and valve issues can trigger lightheadedness, dizziness, shortness of breath ...

Brian Gemmell, a fitness instructor, said he only had an odd swelling in his fingertips before his doctor diagnosed him with ...

After decades of hype and setbacks, scientists have made impressive progress into tricking stem cells into repairing organs.

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and collaborating institutions have uncovered a key molecular player that is ...

Angina and heart attack both feature chest pain, but they have different causes and levels of urgency. Learn about the signs of angina vs. heart attack.

Patients suffering from long COVID may exhibit persistent inflammation in the heart and lungs for up to a year following SARS-CoV-2 infection-even when standard medical tests return normal ...

Researchers at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester, UK, have applied this method in lung cancer patients to assess whether reducing the dose to the top of the heart—a hypothesised ...

A horse’s heart and lungs are the source of its extraordinary power. The heart averages 10 to 12 pounds (4.5-5.4 kg), or about 1% of the animal’s body weight, compared with half a percent for ...

“They can measure your pulse and your blood pressure and can have a listen to the heart and lungs to make sure everything sounds okay. Many GPS will also have access to doing ECGs (a medical test that ...

Heart and lung conditions are some of the most common causes of morbidity and mortality in the modern world. As a result of the growing epidemic of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases ...