ROCHESTER, Minn. -- You may have heard of the mind-body connection: the broad concept that thoughts and feelings, especially those related to stress, can influence physical health. Mohamad Alkhouli, M ...

Heart attacks are often thought of as a plumbing issue, the result of a blockage preventing blood from flowing through one of the heart’s major thoroughfares. But scientists studying the heart’s ...

Arteries become clogged. Blood flow is restricted and oxygen is cut off. The result is a heart attack, the world's leading cause of death. The conventional approach to studying and treating these ...

The discovery comes from the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, published in Science Translational Medicine. Results demonstrate that restoring the connection between the heart and the right vagus ...

February is famous for Valentine’s Day; the heart symbolizes love. When we are in love, we do not always use our brains to their full capacity (remember the old saying that “love is blind”). Also, in ...

Your heartbeat isn’t just keeping you alive; it's also talking to your brain and shaping how you experience pain. Recent research shows that the ...

By tagging neurons with molecular "barcodes," researchers have mapped connections among thousands of neurons in the mouse ...