In a new research report, a team of scientists led by Johns Hopkins Medicine say people with severe obesity and a common type ...

A Johns Hopkins-led study reports that severe obesity in people with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is linked to weakened contraction of heart muscle cells, but this defect may ...

When a muscle contracts, the parts of a sarcomere "shorten" and come closer together. Each cardiac muscle cell can have over 5,000 sarcomeres, which compounds both the shortening and relaxation events ...

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 ...

Thyroid hormones play a fundamental role in cardiovascular function. They influence how the heart responds to adrenaline, how ...

India, April 8 -- A viral claim circulating online suggests that eating pomegranate can strengthen heart muscles and increase the force of cardiac contraction (1).