Surgeons at Duke University have resuscitated a 'dead' heart on the operating table after it stopped beating for more than five minutes. The organ was later transplanted into the chest of a three ...

In TODAY.com's Expert Tip of the Day, a cardiologist explains why neglecting your "second heart" can lead to health consequences and how to get it pumping.

The heart is the body's hardest-working muscle. Whether you're awake or asleep, or exercising or resting, your heart is always at work. It pumps blood through arteries to deliver oxygen to organs ...

Listen to Yiyun Li read “Any Human Heart.” Every Monday, this woman entered a gray building next to the gas station a little before eleven and exited before noon. Therapy.

The Hybrid Heart, a soft robotic total artificial heart, offers a breakthrough in treating end-stage heart failure with improved biocompatibility and function.

The curious minds at ColdFusion introduce the scientists who 3D printed a living, beating human heart for the first time.

Key Takeaways Dr. Robert Jarvik created the first artificial heart used in humansHe's died from complications of Parkinson’s disease at age 79While his devices extended lives, they sparked many ...

He gave his first and only full interview in Netflix's "Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders." The filmmakers said they had to build trust with Lewis by promising to treat him as a human being.

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem is calling for the death penalty against two Mexican nationals charged with human smuggling after a boat capsized near San Diego, killing… ...

A little UAlbany lab is growing a complete, miniature heart Students are growing fully-formed human hearts the size of a pinhead to revolutionize drug testing.

Foul play is suspected in the death of a person whose remains were discovered Tuesday in Trilby, Pasco deputies said.

3D printing skin, bone, and even working organs could change transplant medicine and medical research — but how, exactly, does one “print” a heart or liver?