HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced he wants to expand dairy recommendations in the federal dietary guidelines. Here's what the science says about dairy.

Cardiac surgeons have discovered two novel techniques that may improve doctors’ ability to “reanimate” hearts after the death of a donor. In one procedure, which successfully saved the life of a ...

Heart-healthy proteins are typically low in saturated fat and high in other beneficial nutrients. Learn which eight proteins ...

Two university hospitals are pioneering new ways to expand lifesaving heart transplants for adults and babies — advances that ...

In 2025, a compact, fully internal artificial heart changed the rules of medicine. This video tells that story—and explores the future of human life without human organs.

The Hybrid Heart, a soft robotic total artificial heart, offers a breakthrough in treating end-stage heart failure with improved biocompatibility and function.

Robert Jarvik, a creator of the artificial heart, dies at 79 He was the lead designer of the Jarvik-7, a controversial plastic and metal device intended to permanently replace an ailing human heart.

The ability of the human heart to renew itself by regenerating its muscle cells, myocytes, is very limited. But what happens to this capability when the heart is damaged by severe heart failure ...

New research reveals that the human heart has evolved distinct structural and functional traits that set it apart from our closest great ape relatives.