Exercise has long been recognized by clinicians, scientists and public health officials as an important way to maintain health throughout a person’s lifespan. It improves overall fitness, helps build ...

Atrial fibrillation, or A-fib, is an irregular heart rhythm that increases a person’s risk of stroke, heart failure and even premature death. While many risk factors contribute to A-fib, one stands ...

An abnormal heart rhythm, or arrhythmia (also referred to as an irregular heartbeat), is a condition in which your heart beats too fast (at more than 100 beats per minute, or BPM), too slowly (at less ...

Your heart has been doing its job faithfully for years, beating steadily in the background while you go about your daily life. Then suddenly, you become acutely aware of every beat as it seems to ...

Curious to know if you're at risk for two common heart conditions? Your doctor may want to check the shape of your heart. Investigators from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai have discovered ...

Jewelers and designers say clients now prefer the silhouette to traditional round stones. By Ming Liu From heart emojis to hands held to form a heart, heart motifs abound at the moment, and the ...

Underlining the “mock” in democracy and the “con” in reconciliation, South African writer-performer Pieter-Dirk Uys has returned to New York, “as everybody does—from Fidel Castro to Robert Mugabe.” ...

Los Angeles-based producer Dawn Sebock loves Northeast Ohio so much that she can often be found back at her family’s home in Mentor. She’s back this week, too, as her critically acclaimed show “The ...