For weeks, and months, and even years, surgical teams at more than 20 medical centers around the world have been standing ready to make the first transplant of a heart from one human being to another.

During heart valve replacement surgery, a surgeon replaces damaged or diseased valves in the heart. They can replace it with a mechanical valve or biological valve from a pig or cow. A person with ...

The procedure was a milestone, showing that AI could work into the operating room—and not just as an assistant. But it also ...

Tayla Clement opens up to PEOPLE about the procedure, what went wrong, and her nearly two decades of healing since ...

The effects of general anesthesia or other surgery-related factors can sometimes trigger heartburn in the hours after the operation, but medication can usually ease discomfort. Common complications ...

It’s not surprising that these questions come up so regularly. Cataract surgery is perhaps the most common elective surgery in the nation. One in nine elective procedures is cataract extraction.

"You gave me my life back." That’s how Becky Moss began a thank-you note for the cataract surgery she received at no cost from the John A. Moran Eye Center that restored her vision—and her will to ...