In a heartbeat, cardiac muscle cells contract to push blood out to the body, then relax to allow the heart to fill again. This is possible because muscle proteins are organized into sarcomeres, which ...

Body composition - often expressed as the amount of fat in relation to muscle - is one of the standard predictors of cardiac health. Now, new research from the University of California San Diego ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Muscle patches generated from stem cells helped ease heart problems in monkeys and a human patient, in a ...

A heart attack occurs when there is a blockage and your heart muscle is deprived of blood flow. People experience chest pains or difficulty breathing. A heart attack can sometimes cause a sudden ...