A writer explores how a Jewish ritual changed her relationship with mortality. I had a hole in my chest. Three weeks had ...

For most of history, the human heart has been regarded as a forbidden organ too delicate to tamper with. It might have remained so, were it not for World War II. Military doctors, facing injury ...

A groundbreaking heart procedure at MedStar Union Memorial Hospital has made Maryland history. Joan Mertz, 83, became the first patient in the state to undergo an artificial heart valve ...

Within three weeks of her surprise diagnosis, the little girl was in a hospital operating room undergoing open-chest heart surgery.

The news anchor's son was born with five congenital defects Maria Pasquini is the staff editor for human interest’s digital vertical at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2017.

6-month-old Struthers' baby Ariella Torres received her third open heart surgery Monday in Cincinnati. The parents of Ariella ...

Paralympian Hunter Woodhall is in recovery mode. The gold medalist recently shared his trip to visit his dad Steve Woodhall—who’s recovering from open heart surgery—took a surprise turn, as ...

Doctors at Tenwek Mission Hospital conduct a surgery on one of the patients during a open heart surgery which saw 12 children benefit. [Gilbert Kimutai, Standard] At Mater Hospital in Nairobi, 23 ...

Friday the 13th lived up to its notorious rep for a Long Island teen — who suffered a stroke that day in December, leading her to need brain and open-heart surgeries. “I was on a call with my ...