For decades, the phrase "heart surgery" conjured images of major operations, long scars, and weeks of recovery. However, a quiet revolution has taken place in c ...

Conclusion Last week, we took our readers on a journey back to the year 1628, almost 400 years ago, when blood circulation, ...

Researchers created a dissolvable microneedle patch that delivers IL-4 directly to damaged heart tissue, jump-starting repair after a heart attack. The targeted approach shifts immune cells into a ...

A new patch developed by Texas A&M University researcher Dr. Ke Huang may offer a way to help the heart heal after a heart attack. The patch uses a unique microneedle system to deliver a therapeutic ...

My husband is 74 and has congestive heart failure. He has what look like burns on his left leg. There is a lot of swelling, and his leg is leaking blood and fluid.

Justin Cauthen, the first pediatric patient to undergo a heart transplant at a Long Island hospital, opened his eyes after seven hours in surgery and could finally breathe easy. "When I woke up after ...