Ventricular assist devices are mechanical pumps that take over the function of the damaged ventricle in order to re-establish normal hemodynamics and end-organ blood flow. In addition, VADs unload ...

You may have heard that these organ meats are high in iron, B vitamins, protein, and other nutrients, though, and considered adding them to your diet. However, if eating organ meat doesn’t sound ...

A Honduran gang member "giggled" and "smirked" as he confessed to kidnapping a young Texas woman at gunpoint and threatening to pimp her out and harvest her organs on Christmas Eve, according to ...

Faye Louise, from Horsham, began planning her own funeral after a tumour was found in her appendix A woman who had eight organs removed after being diagnosed with a rare cancer has returned to work.

Her decision to be an organ donor was celebrated by most of those in attendance along with certain aspects of her personality. “One word to describe Elana Franks was ‘tough,’” Wood said.

A woman who had eight organs removed after being diagnosed with a rare cancer has returned to work. Faye Louise, from Horsham, West Sussex, began planning her own funeral after doctors found a ...

A former model had eight organs removed after she was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, but she has now returned to work. Faye Louise underwent “the mother of all surgeries” after she was ...

Some people want to donate their organs or body parts for transplants. Others want their bodies to be used for research. Donating your body is a very personal choice. Some people don’t want to do this ...

Your liver is the largest internal organ in your body -- and has a bunch of important jobs to do. It filters out dangerous chemicals, helps break down the food you eat, and builds proteins that ...

Organ weight is a complex subject. There are many factors—including body weight, height, lean body mass, and race—that cause organ weights to vary widely. To figure out accurate ranges for organ ...

Towana Looney, who received a pig kidney transplant in November 2024, goes over notes about her recovery with Dr. Jeffrey Stern at NYU Langone Health in New York, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. (AP Photo ...

More crucial, however, to Philadelphians raised with Wanamaker’s Christmas Light Show, was the fates of both the 120-year-old Wanamaker Organ and its August Gaul-sculpted, 2,500 bronze eagle. If you ...