Heart

Five-year-old Ekin Ada Işık was reborn after a miraculous surgery that involved removing her heart from her chest to remove a life-threatening tumor before transplanting the heart back to its place.

A pioneering study conducted by cardiologists and radiation oncologists at the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis unveils the potential use of radiation therapy, traditionally employed against cancer, to address ventricular tachycardia in patients suffering from a fatal irregular heart rhythm.

The second person to receive a transplanted heart from a pig has died, nearly six weeks after the highly experimental surgery, his Maryland doctors announced Tuesday.

Lawrence Faucette, 58, was dying from heart failure and ineligible for a traditional heart transplant when he received the genetically modified pig heart on Sept. 20.

In a somber announcement, the University of Maryland Medical Center revealed the passing of Lawrence Fawcett, a 58-year-old patient who made history as the second recipient of a genetically modified pig heart transplant. The groundbreaking procedure had captured global attention, offering hope for those facing terminal heart disease.

“We are not talking about a 12-year-old child, but about a heart that has struggled for many years and developed an arrhythmia”

22.8 pct of patients with cardiovascular disease were not at all at the doctor's last year, reveals a study initiated by the Coalition of Patients' Organizations with Chronic Diseases in Romania (COPAC) conducted online in February, answered to by 320 patients with cardiovascular disease. "22.8 pct of patients with cardiovascular disease did not go to the doctor at all last year.

He passed away from a heart attack

The coronavirus threat entered our lives quite abruptly, turning our world inside out. Treading this new, unfamiliar, and unchartered territory causes great stress, since we are called upon, practically overnight, to alter our habits and behavior, while feeling vulnerable and unprepared. 

Today, the world marks the Day of Love.

Google also immerses us in a festive atmosphere by changing the logo of its interactive animation homepage - a pair of adorable aliens who exchange messages and show us that love is "out of this world."

This has become a tradition of the tech giant - marking important dates and anniversaries with the so-called Doodle.

The presence of fatty deposits called plaques in the walls of the arteries of people who died 500 years ago is surprising scientists

They discovered the most deadly modern disease in mummies. An international team of scientists conducted a computer scan of mummies from Greenland. They lived in the sixteenth century, which showed that even then people suffered from blocked arteries.