You’re lying on a hospital gurney, waiting for the anaesthesiologist to send you under so you can be taken into theatre and the operation can begin. Naturally, you’re nervous. But mixed with the quiet ...

A new brain–heart clinical practice guideline takes a holistic approach, integrating neurologic and mental health evidence with guidance for cardiovascular disease as many brain and heart conditions ...

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 ...

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 ...

The CHAIN consortium (Connecting HeArts and mINds) is a unique national training programme that will tackle one of the most ...

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 ...

Patients diagnosed with common cardiac conditions should also be screened for dementia and depression, new brain-heart ...