The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) regulates protein folding and maintains proteostasis in cells- a process essential to maintaining cellular health. However, researchers at UAB have found that chronic ...

Sports cardiology has emerged as a distinct subspecialty at the intersection of preventive cardiology and athlete care. While ...

The heart doesn't have to work as hard under conditions of weightlessness experienced by crew members living weeks and months aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Frequent, intense exercise ...

Lean body mass (LBM) appeared to correlate with cardiorespiratory fitness among women, independent of body fat percentage, researchers reported. In a study that included 30 men and 30 women who were ...

A new study assessing the knowledge and confidence in recognizing cardiac symptoms has found that almost half of over-35s were not confident in their ability to recognize symptoms of impending cardiac ...

A negative diastolic stress test may indicate pulmonary hypertension in patients with suspected HFpEF and unexplained dyspnea. About 1 in 5 patients with unexplained dyspnea have pulmonary ...

THE question of how well the compensated human heart with a fixed rate in the physiologic range is capable of adapting to the demands for increased cardiac output has very practical implications for ...