A new trial at ESC Congress this week makes recognizing this quiet condition more urgent.

In a new research report, a team of scientists led by Johns Hopkins Medicine say people with severe obesity and a common type of heart failure experience weakened heart muscles, and that losing weight ...

Myosin-binding protein-C (cMyBP-C) regulates cardiac muscle contraction by adjusting sarcomere shortening in response to stress. Absence or mutation of cMyBP-C impairs this regulation, contributing to ...

Working with heart muscle cells from diabetic rats, scientists at Johns Hopkins have located what they say is the epicenter of mischief wreaked by too much blood sugar and used a sugar-gobbling enzyme ...

No one can live without a heart pumping blood to the rest of the body. New research from the University of Missouri School of Medicine reveals more information about this vital function and how it’s ...

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a previously unrecognized small protein in cells of the human heart that plays a key role in heart muscle contraction. The protein is made ...

This essential mineral supports healthy blood pressure, muscle function, nerve signals, and fluid balance in the body. Eating ...