Everywhere scientists look for microplastics, they've found them -- food, water, air and some parts of the human body. But examinations of our innermost organs that aren't directly exposed to the ...

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Trial findings suggest that the less invasive approach to heart bypass surgery offers comparable safety and efficacy to established methods and that safety issues inherent to invasive catheterisation ...

Surgeons have successfully implanted an artificial titanium heart in the chest of a human patient that is powered by the same ‘maglev’ technology used in the creation of high-speed trains. Its ...

Editor’s Note (11/1/23): Pig heart transplant recipient Lawrence Faucette died on October 30, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center, where Faucette received the surgery and ...

Bicuspid aortic valve surgery involves repairing or replacing a bicuspid valve. The procedure corrects a congenital condition in which a person has two cusps instead of three. A bicuspid aortic valve ...

Connecticut State Police Trooper Joe O’Connell had already seen his share of health issues when his wife insisted he report ...

The Cleveland Clinic is pushing back on a report that Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. operated a robotic arm during a patient’s heart surgery on a recent visit to the ...

Pioneering research by experts at the University of Sydney, the Baird Institute and the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney has shown that heart muscle cells regrow after a heart attack, opening up ...