Since Elexa was the Free Care Fund Junior Co-Host in 2017, she's graduated high school and college and is now in medical ...

Women with severe coronary heart disease causing narrowing or blockages in the arteries may derive greater long-term benefits ...

In 2023, UCSF became the first to boast an all-female heart transplant team led by Amy Fiedler, MD, who featured in an iconic ...

LOS ANGELES, CA—With research showing that women present later and differently with cardiovascular disease—and that they pose unique challenges in the operating room—some experts are calling for more ...

A writer explores how a Jewish ritual changed her relationship with mortality. By Jessica Alpert I had a hole in my chest. Three weeks had passed since my open-heart surgery. My body was rejecting ...

One in 5 older adults develop infections up to six months after heart surgery, and women are more likely to experience infections. Black people experience higher rates of infections compared to white ...

Sue Dumbauld was stressed. Work was overwhelming which led to poor eating habits, lack of sleep and infrequent exercise. During a call, she heard the shrill alarm of her Apple Watch and thought it was ...

A 21-year-old woman from Nepal was given a new lease of life on Monday as Ernakulam General Hospital performed its maiden ...

Climbing the stairs to the top of the former John Hancock Center is a feat unto itself, but Laura Valentine did it just months after undergoing a very complicated double organ transplant. Earlier this ...

One in five older adults gets an infection up to six months after heart surgery - with women far more likely to develop one, according to studies led by Michigan Medicine. The two studies examined ...

Nepal's Durga Kami recovers after a groundbreaking heart transplant at Ernakulam GH, India's first district hospital to perform the surgery.