For select patients with advanced heart failure (AHF), durable left ventricular assist device (LVAD) therapy can be a life-sustaining option that improves quality of life. Since its introduction a few ...

Claude Jn Baptiste with his wife Yvka St Hubert and kids Ian and Iris. Claude says his family motivated him. “If they were going through so much, I had to fight,” he said. “I prayed a lot. I knew I ...

Steve Snowden has always been a fighter for those he loves and his country. Snowden followed in his father’s footsteps and went to Officer Candidates School for the United States Marine Corps at age ...

As many reflect on the life of former Vice President Dick Cheney and his political legacy, others marvel at his longevity. Despite five heart attacks, multiple surgeries and a heart transplant, Cheney ...

Former Vice President Dick Cheney, who died Monday night, was a testament to the power of modern cardiology, a live demonstration of the ways that new devices and surgical techniques — many of them ...

Department of Cardio-thoracic Surgery, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China Approximately one-third of patients with end-stage ...

Bobby Faithful V sits on a tree stump in a park in his Silver Springs, Maryland, neighborhood on September 22, 2025. Credit: Armando Gallardo for Word In Black This article is part of “On Borrowed ...

Objectives: Stroke is a severe complication in patients with left ventricular assist devices (LVAD), significantly affecting quality of life and potentially leading to death. This study aimed to ...

Registration is open for the Donate Life Family Fun Run in Baltimore, which supports organ donations in the Maryland and D.C. Metro region. WJZ is a proud media sponsor of the 17th annual event, which ...

WASHINGTON, DC: In early September 2025, speculation about President Donald Trump’s health resurfaced after viral images appeared to show unusual bumps under his suit. Social media users claimed the ...