During a severe heart attack many heart muscle cells die and are replaced by scar tissue to stabilize the heart wall.

There really is something to the concept of having a gut feeling. New research out today suggests our bodies can directly ...

During a heart attack, heart muscle cells die and are replaced by scar tissue. This delays the electrical conduction in the heart and favours the onset of cardiac arrhythmia. To reduce this ...

During a heart attack, heart muscle cells die and are replaced by scar tissue. This delays the electrical conduction in the heart and favours the ...

Mitochondria are cell organelles surrounded by a double membrane. In addition to numerous essential functions in the metabolism of the cell, they also play a key role in the integration of signals ...

Up to 60 percent of older adults live with persistent muscle pain, but there’s a lot you can do to ease that discomfort.

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Incarceration is a public health crisis that affects the health and well-being of incarcerated people, corrections staff, ...

The president’s strategy of fuelling conspiracy theories to strengthen his base has backfired as controversy over the late ...

Peter Redweik’s brutal infection was quelled by a medication so powerful that doctors use it sparingly. Yet he continued to be terribly sick. What else was wrong?

The very first major fight in Dragon Ball Z set a tone no one expected. Raditz, Goku’s long-lost Saiyan brother, had just ...

The fungi within our bodies may have a much greater effect on our health than we've long given them credit for.