/tags/heart Heart en-US Copyright Fri, 06 Dec 2019 16:21:04 GMT /health/2019-12-06/duke-doctors-perform-a-new-type-of-heart-transplant Doctors at Duke University Hospital became the first in the United States to perform a new type of heart transplant this week. This new procedure allows… Fri, 06 Dec 2019 16:21:04 GMT /health/2019-12-06/duke-doctors-perform-a-new-type-of-heart-transplant Celeste Gracia /show/the-state-of-things/2019-06-25/state-of-the-heart-probes-the-history-of-our-oft-overlooked-organ Heart disease kills more people than any other disease in the world. But as cardiologist Haider Warraich illuminates in his new book, it gets less funding… Tue, 25 Jun 2019 16:45:02 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-06-25/state-of-the-heart-probes-the-history-of-our-oft-overlooked-organ Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /health/2019-06-25/state-of-the-heart-probes-the-history-of-our-oft-overlooked-organ Heart disease kills more people than any other disease in the world. But as cardiologist Haider Warraich illuminates in his new book, it gets less funding… Tue, 25 Jun 2019 16:45:02 GMT /health/2019-06-25/state-of-the-heart-probes-the-history-of-our-oft-overlooked-organ Laura Pellicer, Frank Stasio /health/2015-01-27/new-duke-research-younger-adults-need-to-worry-about-high-cholesterol Doctors often start treating patients for high cholesterol after age 55. But new research from Duke University shows each previous decade of high… Tue, 27 Jan 2015 13:48:42 GMT /health/2015-01-27/new-duke-research-younger-adults-need-to-worry-about-high-cholesterol Rebecca Martinez /health/2012-06-07/coordinated-care-system-for-heart-attacks-improves-survival A years-long project to coordinate heart attack care among North Carolina's hundreds of hospitals and emergency services has shortened response times and… Thu, 07 Jun 2012 12:07:00 GMT /health/2012-06-07/coordinated-care-system-for-heart-attacks-improves-survival Isaac-Davy Aronson /health/2011-08-22/duke-study-suggests-infant-screening-for-heart-disease Duke University researchers are recommending a simple test to determine whether newborns have a serious health concern. About one percent of all babies… Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:00:00 GMT /health/2011-08-22/duke-study-suggests-infant-screening-for-heart-disease Eric Hodge /health/2011-05-26/young-adults-show-high-blood-pressure More young adults are developing high blood pressure - that's the finding of research from UNC Chapel Hill. Since 1995, researchers around the country… Thu, 26 May 2011 11:20:00 GMT /health/2011-05-26/young-adults-show-high-blood-pressure Rose Hoban