Heart Health

What fuels the beating heart?

Study reveals nutrients used by normal and failing hearts. A team led by scientists in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania...

Scientists show a molecular dance that keeps your heart beating

It might look like a little game at the molecular scale. Filament-like proteins in heart muscle cells have to be exactly the same length so...

This diabetes drug may help treat heart failure, study shows

Drug empagliflozin was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2014. It limits renal sugar resorption and is the first drug in the...

Some heart disease patients have low risk of severe COVID-19 symptoms

Adults and children born with heart defects had a lower-than-expected risk of developing moderate or severe COVID-19 symptoms, finds a study of more than...

Some pre-existing conditions triple Covid-19 death risk

Certain pre-existing conditions may double or triple mortality risk for COVID-19, researchers report. A large, international study of COVID-19 patients confirmed that cardiovascular disease, hypertension,...

Researchers warn too many medications prescribed to older heart failure patients

More than half of older patients hospitalized for heart failure are discharged with 10 or more prescriptions, and most are not medications to treat...

How to improve heart health during the COVID-19 pandemic

A healthy heart is always essential but especially during the current pandemic. People with heart disease and other medical conditions appear to be at higher...

People with this heart disease have low risk of COVID-19

People born with a heart defect who developed COVID-19 symptoms had a low risk of moderate or severe COVID-19 infection, according to a new...

This study shows a better way to predict heart attacks

Calcium is part of the fatty plaque that builds up in arteries supplying blood to the heart and brain and can lead to blockages,...

This low-carb diet may protect against heart disease and diabetes in older people

Older adults with obesity are at a particularly high risk of developing cardio-metabolic diseases such as Type 2 diabetes and heart disease. Rather than total...