In a decades-long effort, researchers have discovered how to tweak the molecular pathways that turn heart muscle motors up or ...

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Cancer patients often lose excessive amounts of weight. This affects up to 80% of patients and is mainly due to a decrease in ...

Researchers at TalTech have concluded that a lack of creatine does not cause heart failure, contrary to previous assumptions.

Here’s what hypothermia is, what causes it and how it is typically treated if it affects you or someone you love.

Scientists have uncovered new evidence showing how type 2 diabetes directly reshapes the human heart, altering both its energy production and physical structure.

Cytokinetics announced FDA approval of MYQORZO™ (aficamten) to treat adults with symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic ...

A Stanford-led study probes why a very small number of people develop heart inflammation shortly after mRNA COVID-19 ...

Stanford scientists have uncovered how mRNA COVID-19 vaccines can very rarely trigger heart inflammation in young men — and ...

MHH scientist investigates how pro-inflammatory cytokines interfere with muscle metabolism and actively transform muscles.