Your heart is a muscular organ that helps circulate your blood, which delivers oxygen and nutrients to your tissues. There are four chambers and four valves in your heart, and each ensures proper ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Baystate Health has announced its popular free Heart and Vascular Health Lecture Series will be online during the month of February. The lecture series will begin on ...

Heart failure costs the nation an estimated $30.7 billion each year. This includes the cost of health care services, medications to treat heart failure and missed days of work. And the prevalence of ...

Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the most common adult-onset form of muscular dystrophy and a condition that severely affects multiple organs, including skeletal muscle, heart, brain and the ...

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 ...

Crash diets can cause a transient deterioration in heart function, according to new research. Patients with heart disease should seek medical advice before adopting a very low calorie diet. Crash ...