By his fifth decade of life, Mayor Doug Vitale had faced more than a dozen surgeries, the first one as a 1-year-old baby, to ...

The procedure is designed for patients suffering from mitral regurgitation, a serious heart condition where the mitral valve leaks, allowing blood to flow backwards into the left atrium.

NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 8 – A new non-surgical heart procedure is proving to be a game changer, especially for patients with critical underlying conditions. Traditionally, such patients were treated ...

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“A heart murmur? How could I have a heart murmur? I didn’t think too much about it. But before they could do the surgery, they had to check with a cardiologist,” Lienau recalled. Back in ...

NEW YORK, Feb 6: From “mewing” and “slaying” to “sigma” and “rizz,” the lingo of Gen Alpha is baffling parents more than ever before. “When we had slang, there were only a few phrases that we had to ...

Recovery from open heart surgery, both in the hospital and beyond, is a long, involved process. The duration depends on the specific medical issue being treated, with a minimum of six weeks to be ...

Cardiac muscle tissue, or myocardium, is a type of muscle tissue that forms the heart. It contracts and releases involuntarily and keeps the heart pumping blood around the body. The human body ...

In Josh Ruben’s “Heart Eyes,” Ally (Olivia Holt) works in advertising for a high-end jewelry brand. Her latest campaign pitch on doomed lovers (Romeo and Juliet, Bonnie and Clyde, Jack and Rose, etc.) ...

Test your knowledge of heart-healthy foods with some fun trivia! Let’s see how much you know about nutrition that supports your cardiovascular health. Share on Pinterest Alexander Spatari/Getty ...

Seizure-related cardiac arrhythmias are frequently reported and have been implicated as potential ... Selection bias may also have been at play as evaluation for epilepsy surgery is the most common ...

‘Chemotherapy, surgery to remove my left breast and the affected lymph nodes, breast reconstruction and then radiotherapy – all in the space of a year – meant I had really been through the ...