After eight years of training, Dr. Maureen McKiernan made her debut as the lead surgeon on an infant heart transplant — an ...

Interventionalists don’t often order a CXR ahead of time, but when it’s already been done, some find the added info useful.

Cardiovascular disease remains a leading global cause of death, and we break down its pathology, risk factors, and the ...

Higher exposure to artificial light at night was associated with increased stress activity in the brain, inflammation in the arteries, and a greater risk of heart disease, according to a preliminary ...

Although the precise mechanism isn’t yet known, factors like sex chromosomes and hormones, particularly the protective ...

Little Wyatt is home and he's thriving. Wyatt, the son of Amado residents Samantha and Brandon Witcher, was born Oct. 15 with ...

Tis the season for watching Home Alone. To celebrate, a professor of anatomy explained how badly Kevin McCallister's traps would have actually hurt the ...

As you may be aware, the heart’s arteries are not rigid pipes; they’re living structures that twist, flex, constrict, expand, and remodel themselves with every beat. Traditional stents, however, don’t ...

Ghaziabad: A four-year-old child from Sudan, born with a major congenital heart defect, successfully underwent a high-risk ...

Kevin Murray knows the importance of cardiac health firsthand. The Tampa dad nearly died from an undiagnosed heart condition and needed to undergo emergency bypass surgery in 2003. Murray, now 72, ...

Air pollution could be contributing to clogged arteries, a new study says. People exposed long-term to common air pollutants have an increased risk of advanced heart disease caused by hardened ...