Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dizzy, heart racing after you stand? New treatment proposed
Some people find that when they stand, their hearts tend to race and they get dizzy and lightheaded.
Aug 6, 2025
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Heart Failure
Surgery
Transcatheter edge-to-edge repair associated with improved survival in the elderly patients with blood condition
The mitral valve controls blood flow between the heart's left atrium and ventricle. When structural changes affect the atrium or valve, it may not close fully—causing blood to leak backwards, a condition known as atrial ...
Aug 6, 2025
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Genetics
Novel mRNA-based therapy shows promise in heart regeneration after heart attack
Heart attacks remain a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. The permanent loss of heart muscle cells—known as cardiomyocytes—and the heart's limited regenerative capacity often lead to chronic heart failure. ...
Aug 1, 2025
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Genetics
Precision medicine starts with who we study and who we've missed: What a hidden heart mutation in Dominicans taught me
Precision medicine promises to tailor health care to the individual. But what happens when entire communities are left out of the data that drives that tailoring?
Cardiology
New tool using AI for heart failure incorporates views of patients, clinicians, other stakeholders on three continents
The "Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence for Personalized Risk Assessment" (AI4HF) project has successfully engaged clinicians, patients and other stakeholders across Europe, South America and Africa to achieve its target ...
Jul 29, 2025
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Cardiology
Exercise rehab can lessen severity, frequency and recurrence of irregular heart rhythm
Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation lessens the severity, frequency, and recurrence of the most common form of irregular heart rhythm, atrial fibrillation, or AF for short, finds a pooled data analysis of the available ...
Jul 29, 2025
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Cardiology
Cardiovascular disease linked to lower physical activity 12 years before onset
A multi-institution team of investigators report that adults who later develop cardiovascular disease show declining physical activity levels beginning roughly 12 years before their event, with the gap versus their healthy ...
Neuroscience
Vagus nerve stimulation could help people get more exercise
An experimental device that stimulates a key nerve connecting the heart and brain can improve fitness and exercise tolerance, according to research published in the European Heart Journal.
Jul 28, 2025
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Cardiology
Myosin-binding protein-C is critical in maintaining heart health, study shows
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 related to certain heart ...
Jul 23, 2025
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Medications
Low dose of weight loss drug may improve heart failure symptoms with minimal weight loss
Low doses of the injectable weight-loss medication semaglutide may improve symptoms of a hard-to-treat type of heart failure. This effect happened through direct action on the heart muscle and blood vessels, despite resulting ...
Jul 23, 2025
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