Heart

China's eastern coastal region is associated with lower obesity, cardiovascular risk, and higher life expectancy. It's also where, for generations, market stalls selling fresh leafy greens, lotus seed pods, vegetables, tofu, and freshwater fish have shaped the diet of those living there.

Researchers at Harvard and Emory have created a biohybrid fish out of human heart cells that swims autonomously for months at a time as the cells beat. The project is a sidestep on the way to eventually growing new functional hearts for transplant.

If you were planning to perform open-heart surgery on someone, it would definitely help if you could first do a "dry run" on an exact replica of their heart. Doing so may soon be possible, thanks to a recent advance in 3D printing technology.

A massive new study carried out by Stanford scientists together with Apple hints at a future where the Apple Watch could be used to detect irregular heartbears, with the device able to detect such events in a meaningful amount of users.​

3D printing technology has assisted in life-saving heart surgery performed on a 14-month old child, with engineers at the University of Louisville producing a printed model of the child's heart prior to the procedure that enabled doctors to better prepare for the operation.

If someone says they want to steal your heart, be careful ... your computer files could be at risk. The Toronto-based biometrics company Bionym wants to replace old-fashioned passwords with Nymi: a bracelet that uses the wearer’s heartbeat in place of passwords.

New research demonstrates that it could be easy to trick the mind and trigger an out-of-body experience by getting a person to watch a video of themselves with their heartbeat projected on to it. The findings could lead to new treatments for people with perceptual disorders and also help dieters.

HeartSense is a device that allows you to hear your unborn baby's heartbeat on your mobile device.