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Verve Therapeutics has paused the first phase of a human gene-editing drug trial aimed at reducing heart disease due to serious side effects.

Gene Editing Experiment Halted as Patient Gets Weird Side Effects

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Schwarzenegger announced during an episode of his "Arnold's Pump Club" podcast that he had a pacemaker implanted.

Prosthetics and Devices

Arnold Schwarzenegger Undergoes Heart Surgery

By Victor Tangermann

A study found that practitioners of intermittent fasting who fasted for at least 16 hours a day had a higher risk of dying from heart disease

Intermittent Fasting Linked to Vastly Increased Chance of Heart Attack and Stroke

By Frank Landymore

The maker of Wegovy has been granted FDA approval to sell its wares to help cut the risk of heart attack, heart disease, and stroke.

RX and Medicine

Wegovy Approved to Cut Heart Disease and Stroke Risk

By Noor Al-Sibai

Studies have found that older adults, who use marijuana every day were far more likely to develop heart attacks or strokes when hospitalized.

Marijuana Use Linked to Risk of Heart Attacks and Strokes

By Victor Tangermann

Almost everyone in the world is being exposed to levels of an air pollutant known as PM 2.5 that exceed the WHO's safe threshold.

Shocking Study Finds 99 Percent of the World Population Is Breathing Harmful Air

By Frank Landymore

Taking erectile dysfunction drugs may not just help you get your mojo back — it may, per a new study, be linked to lowered risk of heart problems, too.

Dick Pills May Be Linked to Lowered Risk of Heart Attack, Scientists Say

By Noor Al-Sibai

The American Heart Association released a new report that details early symptoms of heart failure and other cardiovascular diseases.

New Report Lists Early Warning Signs of Heart Failure

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A team of researchers have injected a gene-editing serum into a live patient's liver with the goal of lowering their cholesterol.

Doctors Gene-Edit Patient’s Liver to Make Less Cholesterol

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists have found that having taken psychedelics at any point in people's life seems to be correlated with a reduced risk of heart disease and diabetes.

LSD and Shrooms Linked to Lower Heart Disease and Diabetes Risk

By Dan Robitzski

Japanese researchers transplanted sheets containing heart muscle cells derived from stem cells onto a patient's damaged heart for the first time.

Doctor Warns That Teens Are Already Clogging Their Arteries

By Tony Ho Tran

COVID-19 is on track to become the leading cause of death in the U.S., beating the daily death tolls for cancer and heart disease combined.

Daily Coronavirus Deaths Top Heart Disease and Cancer Combined

By Dan Robitzski

Researchers have developed a new deep learning algorithm that can detect heart disease just by analyzing four photographs of a person's face.

Algorithm Detects Heart Disease by Analyzing Selfies

By Victor Tangermann

A gene-hacking serum nullified two genes linked to heart health in monkeys. If it works in humans, it could mean a future with no heart disease.

A Shot of This Gene Editing Serum Appears to Prevent Heart Disease in Monkeys

By Dan Robitzski

Japanese researchers transplanted sheets containing heart muscle cells derived from stem cells onto a patient's damaged heart for the first time.

Health & Medicine

Researchers Transplant Lab-Grown Heart Muscle Cells Into Patient

By Kristin Houser

Google Ventures has pumped money into Verve Therapeutics, a startup that wants to use CRISPR to create a "one-and-done" therapy for heart disease.

Google Backs Plan to Use CRISPR to Cure Heart Disease

By Kristin Houser