Scientists are on the brink of creating a bionic heart to replace transplants. — -- Scientists at the Texas Heart Institute say the perfect bionic heart is within their reach, but it doesn't beat ...

You probably understand that sneezing (also called sternutation) is your body’s way of expelling foreign material, like dust or pollen, from the respiratory tract. You may have heard that your heart ...

The procedure used to treat arrhythmias typically allows for a short recovery time, but precautions are necessary to preserve healthy heart function. Heart ablation creates little scars on heart ...

It’s normal to experience occasional heart palpitations due to stress, exercise, and excessive caffeine or stimulants. Write down what you were doing before your heart started racing. This record can ...

The University of Pennsylvania’s Abramson Cancer Center is credited with developing the chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) cancer treatment that ultimately became Novartis’ Kymriah, a ...

Take a deep breath and feel your heart beating. The grapefruit-size pump is what’s keeping you alive right now and if all goes well, it’ll beat almost three billion times from birth to death. It can ...

Your heart and blood vessels are more susceptible to damage once you reach the age of 65. The changes that happen as you age can increase your risk of heart disease. Heart disease happens when ...

Heart cancer is cancer that starts in the cells of your heart. It’s also called primary cardiac cancer. It’s very rare. In fact, almost everything we know about it comes from autopsy studies and case ...

In vivo generation of transient FAPCAR T cells improves cardiac function after injury. CAR T therapy, a “living drug,” traditionally involves isolation and purification of T cells outside the body.