MEDICINE & HEALTHDiscover how the mysterious heart disease in zoo meerkats offers clues for human health. Uncover the potential breakthrough in understanding cardiovascular health. Read more!
If the link between organ transplant surgery and personality changes is really true, further research would be extremely necessary. Read to learn more.
An infant who underwent the first partial heart transplant has not only survived, but is also thriving one year after the treatment. Read the article to find out more.
After more than a year since the partial-heart transplant surgery, the transplanted heart valves appear to grow with the rest of the infant's heart. Read to learn more.
Several parts of the human body can be sold, and one of the most expensive organs that a person can legally sell is the heart. Learn how much a heart is worth in this article.
Researchers at the New York University announced they succeeded in an animal-to-human transplant or xenotransplantation using pig hearts. Read to know more.
The man who died months after receiving the first-ever pig heart transplant may have been infected with a pig virus. Learn more about porcine cytomegalovirus.
A baby from North Carolina has just received the first-of-its-kind procedure that may prevent his body from rejecting organs. Find out how the new method works.
Two months after the groundbreaking pig's heart transplant, David Bennett Sr dies. Click on the link to learn more about his devastating passing the one-of-a-kind surgery he endured in January.
A hospital in Boston was recently reported to deny a new heart transplant after the patient refused to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and now, the health care facility is defending itself for such an action.
A 57-year-old woman from Kentucky becomes the first woman to receive the new Aeson bioprosthetic total artificial heart in a procedure led by cardiothoracic surgeons in UofL Health.
A 13-year-old girl from South Africa is recovering after a delicate and critical pediatric heart transplant surgery, which was the first such procedure performed at a Cape Town hospital in 13 years.
Getting a second shot at life is nothing more than a miracle. But apparently, this teen from Georgia couldn't get rid of his past life and dies just 2 weeks in a police chase after getting a heart transplant.