"The White Lotus" on HBO has brought attention to Cerbera odollam, a highly toxic tree native to Southeast Asia known as the ...

The degree to which electrical impulses are impeded along their journey in the heart muscle determines the type of heart block. The three types of heart block are defined as follows: First degree ...

The pong pong tree—also known as the “suicide tree”—may be a plot point in the season finale of the HBO series. But the plant ...

Part 2: An electrical impulse travels to the heart’s two bottom chambers and causes the heart muscle to contract, which causes blood to pump to the lungs and also to the body. Strenuous exercise ...

Cardiac hypertrophy is the abnormal enlargement, or thickening, of the heart muscle, resulting from increases in cardiomyocyte size and changes in other heart muscle components, such as ...

It makes up 30% to 40% of human body weight in a healthy person. The muscles attach to bones and respond to nerve signals from the brain that lead to muscle contraction. They also play a role in ...

This comprehensive review elucidates the molecular mechanisms by which RBP4 affects skeletal and cardiac muscle physiology. We discuss its clinical implications as a biomarker for disease risk and ...

In some cases, a heart rate that is too high or too low is a sign of underlying problems with the electrical impulses in your heart, other medical conditions, or even a side effect of a medication you ...

This file photo taken at the University of Osaka in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, in January 2024, shows a cardiac muscle sheet made from iPS cells. (Kyodo) OSAKA (Kyodo) -- A startup in Tokyo on ...