WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — February is American Heart Month. Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of Americans, according to the American Heart Association. However, heart disease looks different for ...

* Discovery of macrophages guiding scar tissue control after heart attack * New insights pave the way for advanced heart //regeneration therapies Over the course of evolution, the human heart has lost ...

Accurately measuring electrical signals and calcium levels in the heart can lead to earlier treatment of potentially fatal conditions, such as heart attack or congestive heart failure. Calcium plays ...

That little number on your fitness tracker might be more important than you realize. Your resting heart rate isn’t just some random vital sign. It’s essentially a window into how efficiently your ...

For millions of people with heart failure, the latest treatment options — including advanced surgical procedures and innovative devices to assist a failing heart — can be game-changing, especially ...

A marathon pushes the human body close to its limits. Legs tire, lungs burn and the heart works hard for hours on end. For years, that strain has raised an uncomfortable question: does running 26 ...

Across the country in June 2025, Americans are experiencing the first heat dome — an extreme, lingering heat wave — of the summer season. This abrupt introduction of unusually hot temperatures has ...