Mobility coach Dana Santas shows how integrating resistance training into a weekly fitness regimen can benefit women’s heart ...

Strength training bigger muscles can give your heart a workout, says Dr. Joseph Herrera, a sports medicine expert. Learn more ...

Sleep is essential for your overall health and plays a vital role beyond just providing rest. Adequate sleep supports various ...

The heart is a muscle like no other, beating 60 to 100 times per minute on average, around the clock. But when it grows weak, it can lead to serious problems: from debilitating shortness of breath and ...

Coronary arteries are a vital part of the human heart, providing it with oxygen-rich blood so that it can work. By comparing the hearts of mammals, birds, reptiles, fish and frogs, a ...

The development of novel therapeutics offers great hope for the fight against widespread diseases such as cancer, but they can impair the cardiovascular system, so development often fails early on.

Your circulatory system works all day, every day, to pump oxygen throughout your body. There are cardiovascular conditions that can impact this system. Your circulatory system, also known as your ...

Worrying about money and food may age the heart even faster than traditional risk factors of cardiovascular disease, according to a new study published in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Heart ...

Elizabeth Cooney became STAT’s cardiovascular reporter in April with one fundamental question in mind: Why do we have so much cardiovascular and metabolic disease, and how can we do better? Liz covers ...

New research suggests the menstrual cycle may influence heart rate, stress levels and nervous system activity, highlighting ...

Severe grief can trigger Takotsubo syndrome, a stress-induced heart failure that mimics a heart attack and may raise both ...

You’re lying on a hospital gurney, waiting for the anaesthesiologist to send you under so you can be taken into theatre and the operation can begin. Naturally, you’re nervous. But mixed with the quiet ...