Human heart development is largely influenced by neural crest cells, which carefully regulate a key growth signal.

Australian researchers have uncovered a crucial new mechanism that helps explain how the heart's major blood vessels form during early development, and how disruptions to this process can lead to ...

The brain and vagus nerve play a key role in exacerbating tissue damage after a heart attack, but there are ways to block it.

Some studies point to melatonin use as beneficial to heart health, while others say the opposite. Here’s how to make sense of the complex research. Melatonin may be one of America’s most trusted sleep ...