Darrell Dixon’s father was just 25 when he had a major heart attack in the rural Mississippi Delta. By his early 40s, a series of additional attacks had left his heart muscle too weak to pump enough ...

Doctors have been listening to the sounds our bodies make for years. Before the invention of stethoscopes, they simply put their ears to their patients' chests or abdomens. The technical term for this ...

Following the retirement of Deborah Heart and Lung Center‘s longtime president and CEO, Joseph Chirichella, the Browns Mill-based teaching hospital tapped Jim Andrews as its new leader. Andrews has ...

Northwestern surgeons perform double lung transplant with help of breast implants for 1st time Doctors needed to ensure 'Double D' Davey's heart wouldn't collapse while he awaited donor lungs ...

Corewell Health’s Richard DeVos Heart and Lung Transplant Program reached a significant milestone on December 5, with transplant teams completing the program’s 300th lung transplant. The program ...

A new study suggests that more movement in the morning may have unique cardiovascular benefits for older adults. Fact checked by Nick Blackmer Exercising in the morning may uniquely benefit heart and ...

A portable heart-lung machine gave a Connecticut man time after a heart attack, but what his family member did saved him too.

University of Iowa Health Care plans to provide heart and lung support on its AirCare Emergency Transport helicopters. The ...

Deborah Heart and Lung Center in Browns Mills, N.J., has implemented a new influenza vaccination policy that requires employees to choose between the influenza vaccine or a protective face mask, ...