Tucked in the basement of the Mayo Building on the University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities campus sits a detached, beating ...

Yet there was a hidden connection that was only recently discovered, and it turns out to be quite important. The kind of irregular, ragged breathing that occurs in stressful situations is directly ...

Incline walking and running can both help you break a sweat and get your heart pumping. This article recommends when to do incline walking versus running.

While anatomy tells us it is a muscular pump controlled by electrical impulses, history tells a more complex story – one of rituals, relics and even dark magic. The human heart is a remarkably ...

In the first few instances, this medical feat has already been achieved - at least for a short time. Kidneys from animals ...

Not all scars are created equal. That's the conclusion of a new study by Weizmann Institute of Science researchers: They found that two distinct types of scars, referred to as "hot" and "cold," can ...

At the start of the new year, I attended a field trip with my Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School nursing class to ...

A review of human heart models—cardiac organoids and organ chips—showed that each method has unique advantages in different ...

The doctor became a patient after ignoring his own heart attack symptoms. He's urging others not to make the same mistake.

You may have heard that people who feel faint should sit with their heads between their knees, but is that true? And how can ...