Jewel Scott receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. She is a volunteer with the American Heart Association. Emerging adulthood – the life stage that unfolds around ages 18-25 – is ...

In these guidelines, the American Heart Association provides updated guidance for resuscitation of adults and children in cardiac arrest or with a life-threatening condition due to special ...

Three copies of chromosome 21 cause Down syndrome (DS), and roughly half of children born each year in the United States with DS—approximately 2,600—also have congenital heart defects (CHDs). What is ...

Valentina Dargam receives funding from Florida Heart Research Foundation and National Institute of Health. Joshua Hutcheson receives funding from the Florida Heart Research Foundation, the American ...

The basic premise of the stethoscope has been around for centuries, largely unchanged. Jonathan Kitchen/DigitalVision via Getty Images When someone opens the door and enters a hospital room, wearing a ...

When someone opens the door and enters a hospital room, wearing a stethoscope is a telltale sign that they’re a clinician. This medical device has been around for over 200 years and remains a staple ...

It’s been a minute since we spent time with the Von Trapp family. The last time we saw them, the world was a different place. It seemed that the underlying theme of the musical was a thing of the past ...

Nicole Charky-Chami is a senior editor based in Los Angeles, writing and producing breaking news. She teaches journalism courses for UCLA Extension and previously taught at Loyola Marymount University ...

Social determinants of health (SDOHs) are linked with cardiovascular health, yet timely community‐based atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) risk assessment is often limited. We examined the ...

Abstract: Heart disease detection is a critical global health challenge that demands accurate and advanced diagnostic approaches, particularly through the analysis of electrocardiogram (ECG) signals ...

Jennifer Choate's pregnancy was uncomplicated — until it wasn't. Two and a half weeks before her March 6, 2025 due date, the 27-year-old went to the emergency room at the University of Maryland ...