Alexandria Nyembwe is a registered nurse and health writer. She has worked in street medicine serving populations experiencing homelessness in Skid Row Los Angeles as well as in cardiovascular care in ...

Choon-Sik Jhun, associate professor of surgery at Penn State College of Medicine, holds a prototype for a pediatric heart pump. With support from a new NIH grant, Jhun and his collaborators will test ...

More than 1.2 million tiny juvenile chinook died at the Rapid River Hatchery earlier this month, a loss that could be felt by anglers from the mouth of the Columbia River to Riggins in the coming ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This heart pump was built by William ...

Merck & Co.’s charitable foundation has committed $22 million to efforts to improve access to care for people with heart disease in the U.S. Through the five-year initiative, the Merck Foundation will ...

Share on Pinterest Long-term melatonin use was linked to increased heart failure risk in a recent study. Image credit: Grace Cary/Getty Images About 16% of the world’s population lives with insomnia.

Headlines this week have raised alarms about the popular sleep supplement. By Caroline Hopkins Legaspi Caroline Hopkins Legaspi is a health reporter focusing on nutrition and sleep. This week, a ...

Long-term use of melatonin supplements may be linked with a higher risk of heart failure, according to new research — but does that mean people taking it as a sleep aid should stop using it now? In a ...

Share on Pinterest A new study raises concerns over long-term melatonin use and cardiovascular risks. Viktoriya Skorikova/Getty Images Researchers say people with insomnia who use melatonin ...

Abiomed has issued a recall alert after identifying a cybersecurity risk with its Automated Impella Controllers. In an Oct. 1 alert to customers, the manufacturer directed users to disable the ...

Discover the heart’s incredible power during physical activity. Kids are hollering '6-7' in the classroom. Here's what it means ‘Not going to allow that in our communities’: Hillsboro couple blocks ...