Heart chip beats toward better drug screening, personalized medicine

Bioengineers in California have developed a system that allows human heart cells to function outside the body, a development that could potentially prove a powerful tool

for drug development as well as pave the way toward personalizing treatments for patients with heart conditions.   

Europe's first non-beating heart transplant

Surgeons in Cambridgeshire have performed the first heart transplant in Europe using a non-beating heart.

Donor hearts are usually from people who are brain-stem dead, but whose hearts are still beating.

FDA limits use of testosterone drugs, warns of possible heart risk

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has asked makers of prescription testosterone therapies to change their labeling to clarify that their products are approved only for men with specific medical conditions and could increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes. 

Regular Coffee Drinkers Have 'Cleaner' Arteries

Drinking a few cups of coffee a day may help people avoid clogged arteries - a known risk factor for heart disease - Korean researchers believe.

They studied more than 25,000 male and female employees who underwent routine health checks at their workplace.

Long-term multivitamin-mineral may decrease women's risk of dying...

Long-term multivitamin-mineral may decrease women's risk of dying from heart disease

Despite research suggesting that multivitamins do little for reasonably well-fed Americans, the question is not settled say researchers from the National Institutes of Health.

A Pill a Day? No Way, Survey Says

1 of 3 respondents rejected the idea even if it meant a shorter life

After heart attack, women more stressed than men

Young women report more stress than men soon after a heart attack, which may explain their worse recovery, according to a new study. 

“It has been known for a while that (the) mortality rate is higher in younger women than in younger men after heart attack,” said lead author Xiao Xu, assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.

Experimental blood flow 'reducer' provides relief for some angina patients

A new study finds that an experimental device implanted in the heart can relieve the chest pain of heart disease in people who aren't candidates for stents or surgery.

Instead of opening up a blood vessel, the novel device narrows it.

Top Healthy Habits for Your Heart

You can dramatically lower or nearly wipe out your chances of a heart attack and heart disease by following healthy lifestyle habits.

Females’ age during first menstrual cycle tied to heart disease risk, study finds

The age at which girls start their first menstrual cycle may impact their risk of heart disease, new research has found.

“It all started with the idea that we think the reproductive factors of women affect their health in different ways,” lead study author Dexter Canoy, a cardiovascular epidemiologist at Oxford University, told FoxNews.com.