Heart murmurs can sometimes be harmless, or they might need to be addressed if they're caused by a heart condition. Here's ...

Doctors have been listening to the sounds our bodies make for years. Before the invention of stethoscopes, they simply put their ears to their patients' chests or abdomens. The technical term for this ...

A normal resting heart rate (RHR) can vary significantly among individuals, hinting that it’s not always between 60 and 100 beats per minute, a new study finds. The heart is a vital organ, pumping ...

Doctors dismissed a newborn’s “grunting” as normal sounds — but six weeks later, the baby was intubated in the PICU, and is now awaiting a heart transplant. Stephanie Mulhall-Atkinson, 37, and Justin ...