No pain, no gain, as the old exercise adage goes. But just how much pain do you have to endure to benefit from weight ...

New research suggests that using a standing desk doesn’t reduce the chance of problems like heart disease or stroke, and may even boost the risk of circulatory problems, such as varicose veins or deep ...

The heart is a muscle like no other, beating 60 to 100 times per minute on average, around the clock. But when it grows weak, ...

Among the benefits of semaglutide, the GLP-1 receptor agonist may protect against heart failure events in patients with type 2 diabetes and CKD.

For individuals with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), substantial mortality benefits would res ...

Besides walking, Dr. Hsi says that yoga and tai chi are two other forms of moderate aerobic exercise that can be beneficial ...

Congestive heart failure (CHF), also simply called heart failure, is a chronic condition in which the heart progressively becomes less efficient at pumping blood around the body. Heart failure impacts ...

About half of all people with heart failure have a heart that pumps normally—or at near-normal levels. Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), also known as diastolic heart failure, ...

Scientists discovered that blocking the activity of the hormone glucagon could treat a common and challenging type of heart failure that affects millions worldwide. Duke-NUS scientists and their ...

In an effort to compensate for the symptoms associated with worsening heart failure, a number of pathophysiologic changes take place. There is an increase in sympathetic nervous system activity ...

Around 8 p.m., emergency officials said it was no longer at risk of imminent failure with no immediate threat. Helene brought excessive rain, flash floods and damaging winds to the Carolinas early ...

The pilot safely ejected and was rescued. After an investigation, the U.S. Air Force's Accident Investigation Board found the jet experienced an embedded GPS inertial navigation system (EGI) failure, ...