When a doctor listens to someone's heartbeat, they typically hear a characteristic sound: "lub-dub, lub-dub." In some people, though, this two-tone heartbeat is accompanied by whooshing or rasping ...

Love isn’t the only phenomenon that can make the heart skip a beat. Brandeis scientists have shed light on a blueprint of key heart structures that help regulate contractions. Unraveling how these ...

This article is brought to you by LCMC Health. Lub dub, lub dub, lub dub—These are the lyrics of a healthy heart, and this sound is music to the ears of those who work in cardiovascular healthcare.

Life's random rhythms surround us -- from the hypnotic, synchronized blinking of fireflies...to the back-and-forth motion of a child's swing... to slight variations in the otherwise steady lub-dub of ...