A team led by Children's Hospital Los Angeles has become the first in the world to demonstrate the possibility of using ...

Leonardo da Vinci wasn't just a master artist — he was centuries ahead in science too! Late in his life, he became fascinated by the human heart and made a stunning prediction about how the blood flow ...

Researchers at the Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation ...

From high blood pressure to heart disease and clinical trials, this conversation pulls back the curtain on issues that impact ...

Monitoring your blood pressure is a vital part of maintaining heart health. When you understand what your blood pressure readings mean, you can make informed decisions about your lifestyle choices ...

When the heart beats, blood pulses through the arteries to travel throughout the body. However, it is not a steady stream like you might see from a garden hose. The pulse of the blood flow and the ...

Blood pressure and heart rate (pulse) are two important vital signs measured during a healthcare visit. Blood pressure (BP) is a measure of the force of blood on the blood vessel walls. Blood vessels ...

FREEPORT, Armstrong County — A blood drive held Saturday and Sunday, April 12 and 13, in memory of Corey Comperatore helped heal his mother’s broken heart. Members of his family began planning the ...

They are not safe for men with untreated high blood pressure. They are also not safe for men taking alpha-blockers, or men taking nitrate drugs for heart disease.

A simple blood test costing less than $10 could prevent hundreds of heart attacks and other adverse cardiac events per year. Troponin is a protein found in heart muscle cells that if detected in ...

Unmanaged diabetes isn’t the only health factor that increases the risk for high blood pressure. Your chances of having a heart attack or stroke increase significantly if you have any of the ...

Healthcare professionals refer to this drop in blood pressure as postural hypotension or orthostatic hypotension. In these cases, the heart has not pumped enough blood through the body quickly ...