Aging donors, poor donation rates reduce heart transplants
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HALIFAX - Surgeons are transplanting fewer hearts in Canada, especially among babies and children, because there aren&#39;t enough donor organs available, according to a new report.
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Jennifer Sutton's heart almost killed her. On Tuesday she got her first look at the culprit. Three months after the defective organ was cut from her body, the 23-year-old transplant patient came to contemplate a mass of pink and yellow tissue suspended in a transparent container at a medical museum in London.
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Philanthropy among minority groups in New York varies along generational lines, with those born after the mid-1960s more likely than older donors to give money to programs focusing on educational opportunities rather than organizations specifically targeting their own racial or ethnic community, according to a study.
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According to new study of heart disease patients finds that &quot;normal&quot; blood pressure may not be low enough. By reducing their pressure well below the levels suggested by national guidelines, patients had fewer
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NEW YORK  - Based on certain factors, one would expect Hispanics, Asians, and African Americans to be at greater risk for death following heart bypass surgery than Caucasians, but new research suggests this is not the case.
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An artificial heart does an effective job of keeping heart-transplant candidates alive until -- and even after -- a donor organ becomes available, cardiologists report.
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A polyester mesh stocking pulled up over the wide bottom of a weak heart can help it pump better and even shrink back to a more normal size, a US study has found.
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Bone marrow cells infused to the  heart through tiny incisions helped several severe heart  failure patients get markedly better, an international team of  researchers reported on Tuesday.
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A service where heart attack patients are sent for treatment within the hour has reduced death-rates five-fold, doctors say.
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Much of the stored blood given to millions of people every year may lack a component vital for it to deliver oxygen to the tissues.
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This yearâs report reveals a 17.5 percent improvement in Americaâs overall health during the past 15 years. However, the report also shows that the rate of improvement is slowing significantly due to a
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A new study of heart disease patients finds that &quot;normal&quot; blood pressure might not be low enough. By reducing their pressure well below the levels suggested by national guidelines
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By DAVID HAMMER     LITTLE ROCK, Ark.  -- The attention that former President Clinton's heart surgery has drawn to problems of the circulatory system could have a negative side, experts say...
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A study finds a polyester mesh stocking pulled up over the wide bottom of a weak heart can help it pump better and even shrink back to a more normal size.
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A number of physiological changes occur in the body as we age, including a decrease in heart's ability to pump blood. New findings show that blood vessels in the legs adapt to reduced cardiac output by regulating the flow of blood to the leg muscles during exercise.
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The hearts of active athletes near age 70 are nearly indistinguishable from those of athletes 30 years younger, a University of Texas study indicates.
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Many women, and seniors, do not enter a rehab program after having a heart attack. Yet, participation in cardiac rehabilitation markedly lowers the risk of dying or having a second heart attack during the next three years, results of a recent study show