Cardiovascular fitness is the foundation of endurance, stamina, and heart health. When your cardiovascular system is in top ...

Researchers have developed a new metric using data already collected by your smartwatch that can assess cardiovascular ...

Circulatory system: Blood vessels Laid end-to-end, an adult's arteries, veins and capillaries would stretch for about 100,000 miles - enough to wrap around the world nearly four times.

Rowing machines and treadmills do not challenge your cardiovascular system in the same way, so what is the science behind it?

The aorta, a large blood vessel responsible for transporting oxygenated blood from the heart to the rest of the body, plays a ...

A more nuanced understanding of hormone therapy now suggests that its benefits for heart health depend on how soon after ...

With aging there are changes in the cardiovascular system, which result in alterations in cardiovascular physiology. The changes in cardiovascular physiology must be differentiated from the ...

In addition to lower heart rate variability, the researchers observed a predominance of the sympathetic nervous system over the parasympathetic nervous system in volunteers infected with SARS-CoV-2.

New research from Weill Cornell Medicine has uncovered a surprising culprit underlying cardiovascular diseases in obesity and diabetes-not the presence of certain fats, but their suppression.

If you clench your hand into a fist, this is approximately the same size as your heart. It is located in the middle of the chest and slightly towards the left. The heart is a large muscular pump ...

Experts believe extreme endurance puts extreme demands on the cardiovascular system. One study found that repeated extreme exercises can "remodel" the heart, thickening the muscle's walls and ...

If you clench your hand into a fist, this is approximately the same size as your heart. It is located in the middle of the chest and slightly towards the left. The heart is a large muscular pump ...