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 ...

Japanese culture -- "how a Japanese person is made"-- is explored in the short film 'Instruments of a Beating Heart,' ...

A skipped heart beat is usually nothing to worry about, but there are some signs and symptoms to look out for. Share on Pinterest Getty If you feel like your heart has suddenly skipped a beat ...

Two UK hospitals have teamed up to offer a novel type of heart-transplant service for children, reducing waiting times for the life-saving operations. In the programme, so-called "non-beating ...