KENNEDY SPACE CENTER (FL), March 28, 2025 – Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, accounting for one in five deaths. The inability of damaged heart muscle tissue to ...

Illustration of an anatomical heart with planets circling around it. Credit: intueri / Shutterstock. Heart attacks happen in space. And space agencies have a panoply of contortionist protocols that ...

Researchers from Emory University studying how heart muscle cells grow and function in a space environment found that spaceflight increases the expression of genes involved in stress response and cell ...

New research has found that a type of automatic chest compression is more effective to carry out CPR in space than the ‘handstand method’ that is currently recommended in emergency protocols for ...

"While cardiac arrest is a high danger event that could even terminate a space mission, it is a relatively low risk for now. Most astronauts are young, healthy and physically fit individuals who have ...

Lakeland Hospital in Niles, Mich., part of Spectrum Health, broke ground on a project to expand its heart and vascular services, the hospital said May 12. The 3,760-square-foot expansion will add new ...

Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, accounting for one in five deaths. The inability of damaged heart muscle tissue to regenerate makes heart disease difficult to ...

A team of researchers led by Emory's Chunhui Xu recently found that heart muscle cells can grow -and survive in the microgravity environment of space. Her findings, published in Biomaterials, show ...

A number of digital health devices have recieved FDA 510(k) clearance in the last month, including a number of apps and devices in the cardiac health space. Some clearances are updates to companies ...