Doing a certain amount of exercise is linked to a 30% to 40% lower risk of an early death from any cause, according to a new ...

A contrast-enhanced cardiac MRI of a patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy deemed by MAARS to be at high risk for sudden ...

Warning signs of an unhealthy heart, though, can lurk — not so quietly — in its many complex sounds. That's why FIU researchers Joshua Hutcheson and Valentina Dargam have come up with a way to "listen ...

The Mighty Pump That Keeps You AliveThe heart is one of the most important organs in the human body. It is responsible for blood pumping, which carries oxygen and nutrients to different parts of the ...

The study compared the results of the stairs test and more in-depth medical tests of heart health, like a treadmill test. They found some overlap -- 58% of patients who took longer than 1½ ...

Researchers report that regular physical activity is associated with lower rates of heart failure in women 63 to 99 years of age. The researchers found that 3,600 steps per day was a reasonable ...

SeventyFour/Getty Images. ... Physical activity and eating heart-healthy foods are some of the best ways to preserve your heart’s functional age.