The heart's primary function is to pump blood to all parts of the body, bringing nutrients and oxygen to tissues and removing waste products from them. Even when our body is at rest, our tissues ...

The heart is a complex organ that pumps blood throughout the body. It sits in the chest, slightly left of center, behind the breastbone, and between the lungs. A heart that is not healthy does not ...

Heart disease isn't just one thing. It's a number of conditions that can affect how your heart works. Heart disease can also be called cardiovascular disease, though that term covers blood vessels ...

Every year that you age, your heart shrinks and its ability to pump blood through your body decreases by up to 5 percent, a new study finds. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University analyzed MRIs ...

Chest pain was thought to be a universal symptom of heart attacks for a long time, but in reality, the symptoms vary based on several factors, including gender, age, and health profile. Decades of ...

Doctors have captured the first images of bleeding inside the heart muscle following a heart attack. A new study, detailed in the Jan. 19 issue of the journal Radiology, suggests the amount of ...

Last week, two patients asked Dr. Stanley L. Hazen, a cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic, how much daily alcohol consumption would be good for their cardiac health. He gave them both well-accepted ...