British Heart Foundation warns that waist measurements over 38 inches for men and 31 inches for women may indicate increased ...

Heart failure is often diagnosed after patients have already lost much of their function and quality of life, but emerging tools that noninvasively measure heart function may offer new ways to catch ...

A new study from Mass General Brigham researchers reveals that heart rate complexity could serve as an early indicator of cognitive decline in older adults. The research, published in the Journal of ...

Doctors may soon be able to tell just how sick a heart failure patient really is by using a routine MRI scan, thanks to new research from the University of East Anglia. People with heart failure often ...

Healthy hearts are adaptable, and heartbeats exhibit complex variation as they adjust to tiny changes in the body and environment. Mass General Brigham researchers have applied a new way to measure ...

When you stop exercising, your heart does not immediately come back to its normal resting rate. The heart returns to its normal rhythm at a gradual pace, during a process called heart rate recovery ...

If you're curious about your heart health, there are quick tests you can perform at home -- no equipment required.

Scientists hope their findings will potentially spare tens of thousands of future heart patients from undergoing a procedure.