Traditional treatment for broken ribs often centers on rest, time, and pain management, but what has become evident in recent years is that such passive treatment comes at a cost to patients.  Rib injuries...

Medtronic is voluntarily recalling unused Valiant Navion thoracic stent grafts worldwide after reports of stent fractures surfaced from the Valiant Evo Global clinical trial. Two patients have confirmed...

Weight room experts and workout warriors have long professed that the best way to build a big, strong chest is to hit the bench. They’re not necessarily wrong–but your chest-focused bench workouts...

The half-bench single-arm press is a valuable addition to your training routine that can help to strengthen your chest, but are you sure you’re even doing the exercise correctly? For this movement,...

Deep chest compressions can crack ribs, but they reduce brain damage during cardiac arrest, reports a study presented today at ESC Congress 2020. Study author Dr. Irene Marco Clement of University Hospital...

Stress-induced activity in the inferior frontal lobe of the brain may have a direct correlation with chest pain among people with coronary artery disease, according to new research released today in Circulation:...

Back fitness in the fresh air Swimming is on the list of back-friendly sport types close to the top. However, each swimming style is not equally good for the back and you can make mistakes. Professionals...

Patients who experience chest pain and have abnormal results on a cardiac stress test but who do not have blocked arteries often experience changes in their symptoms and stress test results over time,...

Coronavirus has now claimed 35 lives in the UK, as 14 new deaths were announced yesterday. Nick Mathews, 59, has been named the UK’s youngest victim, a revelation that is bound to stoke further fears...