The heart is the body's hardest-working muscle. Whether you're awake or asleep, or exercising or resting, your heart is always at work. It pumps blood through arteries to deliver oxygen to organs and ...

The human heart, a powerful, fist-sized organ, is the hardest working muscle in the body. It works 24/7, pumping blood through vessels (its partner in the makeup of the circulatory system), so oxygen ...

Your heart beats around 100,000 times every day. Heart rate is a key marker of cardiovascular activity and an important vital sign. But your pulse is not as steady as a precision clock — nor would you ...

The Body Roundness Index (BRI) is quickly becoming a key measurement tool in the field of cardiovascular disease (CVD) research. This innovative index offers a far more accurate and reliable ...

That double-humped triangle that we immediately understand as a heart — or love — appeared as an ideogram stamped on coins as ...

The so-called body roundness index (BRI) takes into account not just weight and height but also abdominal fat. Having a high BRI was associated with a 55 percent increased risk of heart disease in a ...

We all know that the heart, along with the brain, is the most important organ for the body that is responsible for pumping blood. However, there exists a "second heart" as well, which functions inside ...

Dehydration may lead to heart palpitations. Without enough fluids, the heart works harder to pump blood, causing an increased heart rate and irregular heartbeats. Heart palpitations from dehydration ...

Lea M D Delbridge receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia. James Bell receives funding from National Health and Medical Research Council. University of ...