The heart doesn't have to work as hard under conditions of weightlessness experienced by crew members living weeks and months aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Frequent, intense exercise ...

In many situations, heart muscle cells do not respond to external stresses in the same ways that skeletal muscle cells do. But under some conditions, heart and skeletal muscles can both waste away at ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Routine aerobic and resistance training may prevent cardiac atrophy while in space. Countermeasure exercise was ...

Scientists at Cincinnati Children's have discovered a molecular pathway that triggers potentially fatal cardiac atrophy. Finding a way to interrupt this process could help protect people during space ...

Chronic lack of exercise — dubbed "exercise deficiency" — is associated with cardiac atrophy, reduced cardiac output and chamber size, and diminished cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) in a subgroup of ...

Decreased cardiac output is when your heart can no longer pump enough oxygen to meet the demands of your body. A rapid heart rate is a common symptom, but there are others, too. Your heart is ...

Eating disorders are commonly mislabeled as either purely psychological or lifestyle issues. However, the truth is that they are serious and even life-threatening diseases. Their impact extends far ...