The heart is the body's hardest-working muscle. Whether you're awake or asleep, or exercising or resting, your heart is always at work. It pumps blood through arteries to deliver oxygen to organs and ...

Your life depends on the regular beat of your heart. Dr Karl explains how this mighty four-stage pump works. The heart is the organ of love — but it's also a mighty pump. In an average 75-year ...

There is still a debate about very high-level endurance exercise. While most recreational runners show no lasting harm, some ...

Physicians at Emory University Hospital performed the first-ever surgical implantation in the United States of a brand-new type of heart pump designed to help save patients with heart failure, using a ...

Some people with heart failure need to take multiple medicines each day to keep their symptoms under control. Heart failure is a chronic, or long-term, condition. It can lead to issues not only in the ...

Researchers have designed a robotic heart-like pump powered by urine. Nov. 8, 2013 — -- A new advance in robotics is putting the Pee in C-3PO. Researchers at the University of the West of England ...

Alexandria Nyembwe is a registered nurse and health writer. She has worked in street medicine serving populations experiencing homelessness in Skid Row Los Angeles as well as in cardiovascular care in ...

Share on Pinterest Joanne Matos, a 37-year-old mother of two, lives with congestive heart failure, a form of cardiovascular disease. Image Provided by Joanne Matos Nearly 6.7 million adults ages 20 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There is only one mechanical heart pump available in the U.S. for patients with heart failure requiring left ...