The heart listens to nerve signals as it ages. New findings show how the vagus nerve may help protect heart muscle over time.

Background The National Heart Failure Audit gathers data on patients coded at discharge (or death) as having heart failure as ...

A new gene therapy can reverse the effects of heart failure and restore heart function in a large animal model. The therapy increases the amount of blood the heart can pump and dramatically improves ...

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 ...