The scalloped-shaped “Valentine's” heart is a ubiquitous icon in Western culture. This unavoidable emblem of love and well-being is used by spiritual and commercial institutions alike.

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London, King’s College London, University of Zaragoza, University College London and Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña in Spain have published ...

Scientists are probing how a person's genes direct the shape of their heart, and how that might influence risk for heart trouble The team delineated 11 different shape types for the heart's ...

British scientists say they're now discovering that the gene-directed shape of a person's heart might matter, too. “This study provides new information on how we think about heart disease risk ...