Por Claudia Shanon

What Causes Your Heart to Skip a Beat When You Sneeze, and is it An Emergency?

When itâ€™s stimulated by a sneeze, its immediate response is to lower the heart rate. Electrical signals that control your heart rate arenâ€™t aff...

When Does Atherosclerosis Begin?

Your arteries carry oxygenated blood to vital organs like your heart, brain, and kidneys. If you have symptoms, like a weak pulse near a major arte...

Breast Implants May Cause False ECG Diagnosis of Heart Attack

For the study, 28 women with breast implants and 20 control women of the same age without breast implants underwent ECGs. All the women were health...

Mothers Arms are The Most Comforting Place for a Crying Baby

To scientists, this says that a babyâ€™s proprioceptionâ€”or sense of body proximity â€”is tied to its mother, which is why a crying, finicky baby ...

Heart-Shaped Nipples: what You Should Know

This procedure carries less risk, is less costly, and may be less permanent than a nipple graft. Tattoo artists can darken your areola, make it app...

Whats Causing Me to Wake Up with a Racing Heart, and How Do I Treat It?

Stress and anxiety trigger the release of stress hormones, which in turn increase your heart rate and blood pressure. Drinking alcohol increases yo...