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 ...

Researchers discover a gut-brain-heart axis where the bacterial metabolite IAA regulates hypocretin neurons to control heart stiffness and blood pressure.

HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A researcher at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is shedding new light on the ...

A new study reveals that your heart rate slows down more when you make a visual mistake than when you see things correctly. This suggests our bodies physically react to perceptual errors in real-time.

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 ...

Emotional well-being has a direct impact on heart health. Stress management is one way to help keep your heart happy. We tend to think of the brain and heart as two very separate things — the ...