Circulation News

Michael Parker, M.D., an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, is pleased to announce the release of HeartPhys 1.0, a new app for iPad that enables users to learn about the heart and blood vessels through interactive diagrams and videos.

Over the past few decades, scientists have developed many devices that can reopen clogged arteries, including angioplasty balloons and metallic stents.

NEW BLOOD: Transfusions Reverse Aging Effects On Hearts In Mice. "'When the protein was injected into old mice, which develop thickened heart walls in a manner similar to aging humans, the hearts were reduced in size and thickness, resembling the healthy hearts of younger mice.' Through a type of transfusion called parabiotic or 'shared ... (more)

One of the cardinal principles of physiology - and axioms of weight loss - is that you can't spot-reduce. You can't shed fat in just one part of your body without shedding fat all over.

Perhaps the biggest impediment regarding the acceptance of alternative medicine in the United States is the fact that Americans have been conditioned to believe that only "traditional" methods of healthcare are effective and acceptable.

Of all the apps on your iPhone or Android, how many are truly useful and how many are completely outrageous? When it comes to scientists and apps, they don't play around.

NCIS officer Noel Zuniga, stationed in Panama, had an acute heart attack and was whisked away to UM Hospital, where he woke up.

MORE and more we see elderlies among us, more reverently called senior citizens, thanks for the increasing control of infectious diseases which used to be the number one cause of death in developing so-called Third World countries, which include our dearly beloved Philippines.

Sudden temperature changes, cold snaps, heat waves and even A thunderstorms can all have a direct effect on certain conditions Floods in December, snow in April, now a sudden rise to a balmy 23Ca no one can accuse the UK weather of being boring.

Doctors at Dartmouth-Hitchcock's Norris Cotton Cancer Center have found a combination of drugs to potentially treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia more effectively.

Your heart is an organ within human anatomy that has no time to rest unless you are dead.

Eating healthy and eating fresh food is a great way to lose weight and feel good in your body.

NEW YORK, May 14, 2013 -- Mesoblast's preclinical trial results of its allogeneic, or "off-the-shelf", Mesenchymal Precursor Cells delivered by intracoronary infusion in acute myocardial infarction have been published in the May 2013 issue of Circulation Research, the leading research journal of the American Heart Association.

The Light Relief device is one of a number of available options to manage stiffness and pain arising during the normal course of living. Anyone, from people who suffer periodic athletic injuries to people who are sedentary, may require ways to deal effectively with the stiffness, pain, or range-of-motion limitations which can arise from a plethora of muscle and joint issues.

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A new supplement claims it can increase the number of circulating adult stem cells in your body by up to four million Stem cells you can ingest? Not exactly.

'The cramp always started when I went out walking and got worse if I sped up,' recalls Bernard, 62, a retired airport parking manager, who lives in Moston, Manchester, with his wife Margaret, 61.

Doctors at Dartmouth-Hitchcock's Norris Cotton Cancer Center have found a combination of drugs to potentially treat chronic lymphocytic leukemia more effectively.

Alternative medicine expert Natalie Marx answers your questions related to Shavuot: Can you tell me some of the health benefits of cheese? Q. Dear Natalie, I plan on eating lots of cheese this coming Shavuot.