25 January 2023
A prototype skin patch produced images that were comparable to those of a standard handheld device used to visualise the heart before and after exercise. Visualising the heart during exercise may aid cardiovascular diagnoses
9 June 2022
A girl with a rare disorder can now breathe more easily after receiving transfusions of a liquid that her sister's umbilical cord stem cells were grown in
10 February 2022
Insights from a synthetic fish built from plastic and gelatine and powered by human cardiac cells might one day be useful for treating heart disease
10 August 2020
A study in San Francisco has found that 17 per cent of deaths ascribed to cardiac arrest were actually caused by drug overdose, most commonly opioids
3 December 2019
An analysis of nearly 400,000 people suggests that the cholesterol levels of young adults can predict whether they’ll develop cardiovascular disease in later life
11 November 2019
Artificial intelligence can predict a person’s chances of dying within a year by looking at heart test results, but doctors can't work out what patterns it’s picking up
23 October 2019
Taking blood pressure medication just before bed rather than in the morning seems to make it more effective
12 October 2019
A virtual reality driving game suggests that drivers’ reaction times are slower if they encounter an obstacle at the same time as a heartbeat
20 August 2019
People with high blood pressure in their 40s seem to have smaller brains at age 70, suggesting that looking after your health may help prevent some forms of dementia
12 July 2019
Argentinian surgeon René Favaloro pioneered heart bypass surgery in the 1960s, extending the lives of millions who develop coronary artery blockages
