Certain groups of people may have twice the risk of dying from a heart attack during heat waves and high levels of fine particulate pollution, according to a new study published in Circulation, the ...

When temperatures soar, so do heart attacks. Now, a lab experiment explains just how temperatures climbing into Fahrenheit’s three-digits can cause ischemia and potential heart attacks, all while ...

Vanderbilt University researchers believe a slow electrochemical wave, known as a damped wave, may be one of the reasons that low-voltage defibrillation shocks fail to halt fibrillation in cardiac ...

Back to front: simulation showing colliding spiral wave-front and wave-back A mechanism that could break up potentially deadly spiral waves in heart tissue has been identified in simulations done by a ...

Europe's record-breaking heat wave last month saw England and Wales register nearly 1,700 extra deaths in just one week, early data shows, while Portugal and Spain counted another 1,700. The figures, ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- There is a medical first being conducted in Pennsylvania. Sound waves are being tested to treat a common heart condition. CBS3's Stephanie Stahl spoke to the first patient who is ...

An international Ph.D. student in the School of Physics at the University of Sydney discovered unusual radio waves emanating from the center of the Milky Way prompting astronomers to seek evidence of ...

Certain groups of people may have twice the risk of dying from a heart attack during heat waves and high levels of fine particulate pollution, according to a new study published in Circulation, the ...