A Blue Whale’s Heart Beat Taken for the First Time Ever Stuns Scientists, It Can Survive on Just Two Beats per Minute Seven years ago researchers followed a California whale to find out his heart rate ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. The simple, constant rhythm of a beating heart is a reassuring sign of life. With each lub-dub, blood brings life-sustaining oxygen throughout ...

At the University of Minnesota, researchers keep hearts alive outside the body for hours. Medtronic uses them to develop ...

The American Heart Association says nearly half of all adults in the U.S. have some form of cardiovascular disease.

During an average lifetime, the human heart will beat more than 2.5 billion times. Give a tennis ball a good, hard squeeze. You're using about the same amount of force your heart uses to pump ...