His effort paid off: Tim Andrews, 66, is only the second person known to be living with a pig kidney. Andrews is free from dialysis, Massachusetts General Hospital announced Friday, and recovering so ...

Although she calls herself a sprinter at heart, Gina Plotz of Hutchinson has run her share of marathons. On Sunday she ran her fifth at the Rock ‘n’ Roll Arizona Marathon in Tempe.

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There are four dimensions of heart health — physical, emotional, social and spiritual — and true well-being requires us to ...

For the second time in less than a year, doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital have transplanted a genetically-edited pig ...

On the day of his out-patient procedure to remove a kidney stone, Chad Gerlaugh drove himself to Morton Plant Hospital in a ...

Decades of research support cardiovascular exercise as a first defense against heart disease. Walking is an easy, simple way ...

Sleep is another key factor in managing stress and protecting the brain and heart. Research shows that poor sleep increases ...

Despite his gunshot wounds, sustained in Sweden's deadliest mass shooting, a man managed to video-call his fiancee to tell her he loved her one last time.

Throughout your life, it’s probably been true that your heart has never stopped. It works tirelessly to pump blood throughout ...

For Bentley Barker, a Union Local Middle School student, the wish of a lifetime is about to come true. Bentley’s love of ...

Regular flossing (at least once a week) may reduce the risk of stroke linked to blood clots from the heart and conditions like atrial fibrillation (AFib). Its benefits appear to be independent of ...