One of Leonardo Da Vinci's drawings of the human heart The muscle fibers that Da Vinci ... to support blood flow during each heartbeat. The body can temporarily form more of these fibers when ...

New research highlights that optimal brain health, crucial for maintaining cognitive function as we age, is strongly linked to cardiovascular wellness.

A 40-year-old man from Australia was given a titanium heart, which kept him alive for more than 100 days. This operation took ...

It also shows how the pacemaker cells restart her heart after the surgery. This short film is from the BBC series, Inside the Human Body. The 3D footage brings the topic to life and would enhance ...

A new study published in Neuropsychopharmacology suggests that low to moderate doses of a synthetic substance known as ...

If we scrutinize the mechanism of the heart, we shall find that it involves ... aorta to force the blood through the vessels of the human body, is estimated by Hales, as being equal per square ...

Father John Antony's Lenten series explores St. John Paul II's Theology of the Body, guiding participants on a 5-mile tour of ...

The human body is, on average, 60 percent water ... When you add that to keeping your heart strong, your emotions steady, and your memory sharp, who doesn’t want to make sure they get enough water?

A pair of University of Houston professors and experts in crystallization have captured the first-ever real-time images of ...

A New South Wales man with heart failure lived with the artificial heart for over 100 days while waiting to be matched with a heart donor.