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 ...

A new high-tech help for young heart patients has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Doctors say this will allow them to save more lives, an important milestone as we kick off ...

A new type of surgically implanted pump that can support a child's failing heart has passed the first stage of human testing in a recent trial. A small, implantable cardiac pump that could help ...

The Food and Drug Administration recently approved a heart stent made specifically for infants and young children, a device that could help kids born with certain congenital heart defects avoid a ...

Christy Street knows how to motivate her students. On a recent sunny day, that involved a lot of slime – which they poured on her head. The green goo was all for a great cause though. Street is a ...

Heart failure sounds alarming—and rightfully so. Yet approximately 6.5 million Americans currently live with this condition, many with the specific variant called systolic heart failure, and a ...

COVID Vaccination Safer For Kids' Heart Health Than Infection, Study Says By Dennis Thompson HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, Nov. 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The COVID vaccine is safer for kids’ heart ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – Several Charleston-area schools and students are being honored by the American Heart Association for their ‘exceptional’ fundraising efforts during the 2024-2025 Kids Heart ...

Southern Local Elementary School reached its $2,000 goal for the American Heart Association during the annual Kids’ Heart Challenge and ended the moneymaker with a series of activities to get moving.