The world’s first minimally invasive heart bypass procedure — done without cutting open the chest wall — has been performed ...

In a world-first, a team of researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, has successfully performed a coronary artery bypass - a normally open-heart ...

January 8, 2026 – National Institutes of Health (NIH) released the following: ...

Females with heart disease are often treated with stenting, a procedure in which a tiny wire-mesh tube is slipped inside a ...

THURSDAY, April 24, 2025 (HeathDay News) -- Doctors might be able to use a new scoring system to avoid unnecessary surgery to prevent strokes, a new study shows. Patients with clogged arteries often ...

A recent study found that effective treatment for clogged arteries may differ for men and women, according to research ...

Today, James Nichols stands head and shoulders above what he described as the "most unbelievable pain" he ever experienced. Nichols, 71, had a blockage affecting the blood flow in his leg. For five ...

Arteries can become blocked over many decades, before resulting in conditions that can become severe quickly. (Getty Images) Heart problems are very common in the UK, with around 7.6 million people ...

Bypass surgery is a type of open-heart surgery. Surgeons may use several different types of bypass surgeries to repair or replace the heart. Open-heart surgery is an operation where surgeons repair or ...

While on vacation with his wife last year, Peter Sunwoo heard about a healthy acquaintance who had a heart attack at 39 years old. He and a friend had just turned 40, so they decided to get their ...

Patients with low or moderate risk forewent surgery and instead took meds and adopted lifestyle changes They had very low rates of stroke and heart attack after two years THURSDAY, April 24, 2025 ...