Until now, there have been few therapeutic options for children with severely reduced heart pump function. Recently, surgical ...

University of Texas at Arlington researcher aims to find preventions and treatments for cardio-sarcopenia, an age-related ...

Cardiac complications in Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) are the result of cardiac muscle involvement that accompanies the deterioration of skeletal muscle in the disease. The use of ...

Japanese researchers have transplanted human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) in a primate model of myocardial infarction and were able to restore heart muscle and function in monkeys. Developed ...

Dr Aaron Holley argues that skeletal muscle — not just heart and lungs — is a key, often missed driver of activity ...

A new gene therapy can reverse the effects of heart failure and restore heart function in a large animal model. The therapy increases the amount of blood the heart can pump and dramatically improves ...

Nearly 40% of adults fall short on this essential mineral—here’s why it matters more than you think.