When does your baby develop a heartbeat? A baby's heartbeat (at this point a fluttering of cells) starts as early as to 4 weeks after conception or 6 weeks after the first day of the last menstrual ...

New research in Sweden has produced a "blueprint" revealing how the human heart is built during prenatal development. It offers insights that could lead to improved prenatal care and new treatments ...

Exposure to high levels of the body’s primary stress hormone – cortisol – in preterm fetuses can disrupt normal heart development, potentially increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease in later ...

Organoids can replicate each component of the human heart, from its chambers to its veins. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. How ...

Congenital heart defects are the most common form of human birth defect, but we still don’t fully understand what causes them. Previous research had suggested that some heart defects could be ...

Aitor Aguirre receives funding from the NIH, AHA, Corewell-MSU Alliance Foundation and HVI. Aleksandra Kostina and Brett Volmert do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any ...

When expectant parents imagine their baby’s beating heart, few consider the possibility of a structural issue being present from day one. Yet for thousands of families each year, this becomes reality ...