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Boy, 10, whose heart could be seen ‘pumping out of his chest’ has one of the fastest heartbeats in the world Jack Searle went to A&E with a heart rate of 301 beats per minute  Doctors initially thought the machine that tested his heart rate must be broken In adults, a heart rate of over

The benefits of breastfeeding are well documented, but researchers have found a more specific advantage: Nursing directly from the breast is linked to a lower risk of obesity in babies than being bottle fed — even if it’s with pumped breast milk. While overall, giving babies breastmilk via any method — breastfeeding, pumping, supplementing with

Researchers from Washington State University have discovered how a genetic mutation linked to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) disrupts the heart’s normal function. The study, which will be published May 18 in the Journal of General Physiology, reveals that the mutation prevents the heart from increasing the amount of force it produces when it needs to pump