Surgeons in India will attempt to save the life of a baby girl who was born with her heart and part of her liver growing outside her body. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A heart transplant recipient who lived a record 31 years with a single donated organ has died at age 51 of cancer, his heart still going strong, his widow said. picked by suebe 4 months ago

The Pentagon has decided that it will not award the Purple Heart, the hallowed medal given to those wounded or killed by enemy action, to war veterans who suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder because it is not a physical wound.

*this is just wrong!* picked by Bornbad 11 months ago

TV pitchman Billy Mays' death appeared to be from heart disease, not a bump to the head, according to the Hillsborough County medical examiner. The final cause of death will not be known until after toxicology results are available, Dr. Vernard Adams said at a Monday news conference. picked by kakana 5 months ago

"The next time the conversation turns to tough old guys, you might want to save a place on the list with John Wayne for 73-year-old Dale Carman, who had a nail embedded in his heart while mowing his lawn and told his wife it was only a flesh wound."

I bow before this man. picked by proverb 2 years ago

Transplant patient Jennifer Sutton paid a visit to an exhibition in London called The Heart today, mainly to check out a particular item on display - her own heart. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

After a pig's final oink, a new machine can pump the dead animal's extracted heart so that the muscle beats much like the live one did, scientists say. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

This study adds to the already strong evidence that secondhand smoke causes heart attacks, and that passing 100 percent smoke-free laws in all workplaces and public places is something we can do to protect the public.... picked by drogue 2 months ago

Researchers have found that broken heart syndrome occurs when adrenaline overwhelms the heart in response to a life stressor, like grief, fear, extreme anger or surprise. picked by kakana 5 months ago

Surgeons will soon be able to literally mend a broken heart using live tissue grown from a patient's very own stem cells.... picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A new paper in the October 1 issue of G&D elucidates the genetics of heart formation in the sea squirt, and lends surprising new insight into the genetic changes that may have driven the evolution of the multi-chambered vertebrate heart. picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

A 15-year-old Camrose, Alta. girl has become the first Canadian to be taken off an artificial heart device because her own diseased heart healed itself. picked by misswinkle 2 years ago

A U.K. man survived a massive heart attack after he was given electric shock treatment 12 times and a clot-busting injection. picked by kospa 2 years ago

Hospital to determine whether it came from person or animal. I guess someone was wearing their heart on their sleeve, literally. picked by NesbYNiCcOlo 11 months ago

For blood cells to grow in an embryo, they need the pressure of a beating heart, say US researchers.

The finding explains why an embryo's heart starts beating just weeks after conception, and it points the way to new stem cell-based treatments for a host of blood disorders such as leukaemia. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

Generations have praised the wisdom of getting up early in the morning, but a Japanese study says early-risers are actually at a higher risk of developing heart problems. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Woman is widowed twice, first by the man whose heart was donated to her eventual next husband, then by that man. picked by suebe 1 year ago

Yellow Cab of Iowa City had to keep a human heart, en route to a tissue processing company in Atlanta, at its dispatch office after an airline refused to keep it overnight at the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids. picked by punthe 2 years ago

Patients who are faring well clinically and psychologically by the usual standards several years after heart transplantation can be hiding deep feelings of distress and anxiety apparently related to changes in their self-image and sense of identity after their operation, according to researchers who studied inconsistencies between the spoken words and body language of their patients during intervi... read full post picked by bingo 7 months ago

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(To be read when your heart is first broken) picked by JoshSF49 11 months ago