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 ...

This workout seemed to help the cells mature. Visually, they began to take on the structures of human heart tissue, and the cardiomyocytes beat harder. A genetic analysis showed that these cells ...

When a heart is taken out of a person, provided it is kept under the very conditions that it needs to be transplanted, it will continue to beat. Why is that? Scientists think new research has ...

People can build emotional connections with horses. This is why the animals are also used in animal-assisted therapy. A study ...

The installation, called the Connected Heartbeat measures nearly four by four metres and glows in real time as calls, texts and data connections are made.

Katlyn's heart is now beating correctly ... This short film is from the BBC series, Inside the Human Body. The 3D footage brings the topic to life and would enhance any lesson on the heart ...

"We went into the operating room when they did everything, and we talked to him until his heart stopped beating," mom Emily ... from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.