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When patients arrive for a cardiac MRI at Health First’s Holmes Regional Medical Center, they may not realize that while they lie still in the scanner.

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Scientists have created a three-dimensional "heart-on-a-chip" (HOC) that could provide a breakthrough in the fight against the world's leading cause of death, cardiovascular disease. One major ...

Chest pain is scary, but not every such instance points to a heart attack or cardiac arrest. A veteran doctor offers insights into how to recognize warning signs, what might be causing them and take t ...