- Health
- By Laura Sinpetru
- January 13th, 2015
Man's Heart Replaced with Portable 13-Pound (6-Kilogram) Device
The 24-year-old man will carry the device with him everywhere he goes until doctors find him a new heart
- Science Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 22nd, 2014
Heart Attacks Affect Women More than They Do Men
Study finds women take longer to recover from one such episode
- Science Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- July 5th, 2014
Stem Cells Extracted from Fat Could Help Repair Damaged Hearts
Researchers say the stem cells have the potential to improve heart function
- Oddiverse Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- June 30th, 2014
Penalty Shootout Kills Man Watching the World Cup
The Brazilian football fan died of heart failure when his country won against Chile
- Health
- By Tudor Vieru
- April 7th, 2014
Heart Failure Hospitalizations Double in Those Who Sleep Poorly
The conclusion belongs to a new scientific investigation
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- April 4th, 2014
Heart Failure Risk 40 Percent Higher in Depressed Patients
The conclusion belongs to a new scientific investigation
- Health
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 10th, 2014
Insomnia May Increase Heart Failure Risk
Scientists say the correlation remains somewhat murky
- Science Blog
- By Laura Sinpetru
- September 25th, 2013
Heart Cells “Talk” to One Another
This allows them to better regulate heart activity, researchers say
- Health
- By Laura Sinpetru
- November 5th, 2012
Pacemaker Gets Electricity from the Heart, Needs No Batteries
This experimental device turns the beatings of one's heart into electricity
- Health
- By Tudor Vieru
- July 4th, 2012
Explaining the Obesity Paradox
Fatter people are safer from the effects of heart attacks
- Health
- By Tudor Vieru
- May 9th, 2012
Nerve-Stimulating Devices Benefit Heart Failure Patients
Experts implant the third such instrument into a human patient
- Behavior/Humans
- By Smaranda Biliuti
- January 17th, 2011
General Wards Halve Survival Chances for Heart Failure Patients
- Health
- By Smaranda Biliuti
- December 6th, 2010