Diabetes doesn’t just coexist with heart disease - it actively reshapes the heart’s machinery and the way it makes energy.

Structural alignment in fibrous tissues like myocardium and tendons is a key biomarker of physiological integrity and ...

Type 2 diabetes doesn’t just raise the risk of heart disease—it physically reshapes the heart itself. Researchers studying ...

Microscopy image of engineered human heart muscle tissue with a PKP2 mutation, used as a model of ACM. The heart muscle cells are visible in pink and fibrosis (scarring) in green.

People with type 2 diabetes are more likely to develop heart failure, but the reasons are not fully explained by cholesterol, blood pressure and blocked arteries alone. A new study adds another piece ...

Unlike humans, zebrafish can completely regenerate their hearts after injury. They owe this ability to the interaction between their nervous and immune systems, as researchers now report. Unlike ...

Type 2 diabetes can quietly alter the heart’s structure and disrupt its energy production, significantly increasing the likelihood of heart failure, according to new research that sheds light on the ...

The heart is the body's hardest-working muscle. Whether you're awake or asleep, or exercising or resting, your heart is always at work. It pumps blood through arteries to deliver oxygen to organs and ...