Millions of people live with atrial fibrillation, a racing, uneven heartbeat that can leave you exhausted and scared. Yet it ...

Despite its importance, the heart is one of the few tissues in the human body that can't repair damage very well – or at least, that's what has long been presumed. Scientists in Australia have now ...

A new high-tech "patch" will replace ones made from cow cells currently used to repair damage caused by a heart attack, say scientists. The three-dimensional patch has been developed by Swiss ...

Chinese scientists have, for the first time, cultivated a beating heart structure with human cells in a pig embryo, reporting ...

Type 2 diabetes quietly changes the heart structure and how it produces energy, thus increasing the risk of heart failure, according to the study ...

New research finds that type 2 diabetes actually reshapes the human heart, which is why it can cause heart failure. Here's ...

A 3D printed hydrogel bandage on a pig heart. Credit: Casey A. Cass, University of Colorado The heart is an impressive organ that has to beat constantly for years. But what happens when heart tissue ...