Hospital to determine whether it came from person or animal. I guess someone was wearing their heart on their sleeve, literally. picked by NesbYNiCcOlo 12 months ago

For blood cells to grow in an embryo, they need the pressure of a beating heart, say US researchers.

The finding explains why an embryo's heart starts beating just weeks after conception, and it points the way to new stem cell-based treatments for a host of blood disorders such as leukaemia. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

Generations have praised the wisdom of getting up early in the morning, but a Japanese study says early-risers are actually at a higher risk of developing heart problems. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Woman is widowed twice, first by the man whose heart was donated to her eventual next husband, then by that man. picked by suebe 1 year ago

Inviting punters to gamble on where the next terrorist attack will occur . picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

Yellow Cab of Iowa City had to keep a human heart, en route to a tissue processing company in Atlanta, at its dispatch office after an airline refused to keep it overnight at the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids. picked by punthe 2 years ago

Patients who are faring well clinically and psychologically by the usual standards several years after heart transplantation can be hiding deep feelings of distress and anxiety apparently related to changes in their self-image and sense of identity after their operation, according to researchers who studied inconsistencies between the spoken words and body language of their patients during intervi... read full post picked by bingo 7 months ago

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(To be read when your heart is first broken) picked by JoshSF49 11 months ago

Hannah Clark was given an extra heart as a toddler has become the world's first heart transplant patient to make a full recovery after having her donor organ removed and function restored to her original heart. picked by Bingo 5 months ago

A brave mongrel was twice shot in the head by callous thugs - with a crossbow. Amazingly, the friendly brindle mongrel, named Beau by nurses at the veterinary surgery, survived the vicious attack which left two crossbow bolts embedded in her skull. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Never mind the radiation: British contingency planners are worried there would be a dramatic shortage of tea in the aftermath of a nuclear attack, recently declassified documents showed. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Think rabid soccer moms and blood thirsty baseball dads. When their children were cheap shotted or wrong called, these parents went for the throats of other youth players, coaches, and parents. If these parents attack, you don't want to be around. picked by rjonesx 1 year ago

Toddler Ollie Drew is hoping for a heart transplant this year. Aged just 14 months old, Ollie is the only person in the country to be kept alive with an artificial heart. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A beloved family pet has miraculously survived a sickening crossbow attack which saw him shot through the chest with an arrow and left for dead. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

When cells turn into fully-formed adult heart muscle they stop dividing, and cannot replace tissue damaged by disease or deformity.

But a US team have found a way to coax the cells to start dividing again, raising hopes they could be used to regenerate healthy tissue. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Doctors in China are trying to treat a four-year-old boy whose heart is growing on the outside of his stomach. Zhang Weiyuan's heart is covered in only a layer of skin under which it can easily be seen beating. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease have discovered the first genetic link to the evolution of two, rather than one, pumping chamber in the heart, which is a key event in the evolution of becoming warm-blooded. picked by bernardblack 3 months ago

At the age of 18, Leanne Nicholson has already had three hearts. She is making a good recovery after her second transplant operation. Leanne has a condition called cardiomyopathy caused her heart to fail in 2002 and parents Helen and Rob, both 40, as well as brothers Scott, 16, and Ryan, ten, were told to say goodbye. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A doctor's gender could determine how early heart disease is detected in women. picked by Neiako 2 years ago

Add laughter to a long list of things you can do to prevent a heart attack. picked by musicgirldani 3 years ago