The old way of performing heart bypass surgery may be better than the new way.

Microsoft is developing a camera called SenseCam, which automatically captures photos of everything you see and do all day.

The company's procedure, called bronchial thermoplasty, uses extreme heat to burn away lung tissue that makes it difficult to breath and causes coughing spasms

Younger women are getting a disease that usually strikes around menopause -- and no one knows why.

Popular stun-gun maker Taser International is asking police to think before they tase someone in the chest.

A sperm donor passed on a potentially deadly genetic heart condition to nine of his 24 children, including one who died at age 2 from heart failure, according

Most hospitalized heart failure patients are sent home without widely recommended inexpensive pills, despite a program to get more doctors to follow treatment

The insurance industry uses facts selectively and mixes accurate assertions with misleading spin and an embrace of worst-case scenarios.

Lots of work remains before trying that dramatic an experiment in people. But regenerating damaged heart muscle is a holy grail in cardiac care.

A new type of CPR is saving lives Arizona, and could soon find its way to your area.

Mike Welsh says he is speaking up about his cancer to make other men aware that breast cancer is not just something that strikes women.

Elizabeth Taylor says that her heart surgery was successful, adding that "it was like having a brand new ticker."

Elizabeth Taylor announces she will have a procedure done on her heart.

Researchers at The Mayo Clinic are now testing a new device that can monitor patients at home in hopes of keeping them healthier and out of the hospital

Philips Healthcare is recalling about 5,400 automated external defibrillators after receiving reports of a memory chip failure in a small number of some models