For every 1% increase in fatty muscle fraction, there was a 2% increase in the risk of CMD and a 7% increased risk of future serious heart disease, regardless of other known risk factors and body ...

When heart muscle gets damaged, the result is often permanent. Unlike other muscles in the body, the heart has long been believed to lack the ability to heal itself. But recent research suggests ...

Researchers have developed a new therapy that can be injected intravenously right after a heart attack to promote healing and prevent heart failure.

Those with the highest levels were more likely to have damage to the tiny blood vessels that bring oxygen to the heart. For every 1 per cent increase of fat in muscle, there was a 2 per cent ...

Researchers have developed a new therapy that can be injected intravenously right after a heart attack to promote healing and prevent heart failure. The therapy both prompts the immune system to ...

Involuntary cardiac and smooth muscles are responsible for contraction of the heart and movement of substances through hollow organ systems, respectively, and voluntary skeletal muscles are ...