What Is Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)? HRT is a possible treatment for menopause symptoms. Your doctor may also refer to the treatment as hormone therapy, menopausal hormone therapy ...

Not having surgery is an option. Hip replacement surgery is an elective treatment that people can choose to have if the timing is right for them. People who have severe arthritis of the hip but ...

Based on the results from the MATTERHORN (A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Study to Assess Mitral Valve Reconstruction for Advanced Insufficiency of Functional or Ischemic Origin), transcatheter ...

THE human aortic valve consists of three cusps made of relatively inelastic, muscle-free material about 0.15 mm thick. It opens and shuts about once a second, and withstands a pressure difference ...

An investment scam called “pig butchering” has cost victims around the world an estimated $75 billion in just the last four years, and it's not just the targets who are being harmed.

Traditionally, open heart surgery with surgical valve replacement was the primary treatment option for aortic stenosis. In this procedure, doctors make an incision in the chest to access the heart, ...

"My biggest concern is that investors are going in and, as we say in the business, slapping lipstick on a pig to resell them," Batdorf said. The phrase "slapping lipstick on a pig" highlights ...

A tragic case in Canada has raised concerns about the country's healthcare system after Adam Burgoyne, 39, died from an aortic aneurysm following an unsuccessful hospital visit. On December 6 ...

Only 10.3% of patients with SVD underwent reoperative aortic valve replacement; 11.4% died suddenly and another 11.4% died while on the wait list. There is a question of why 51.4% were not referred to ...

surgical valve replacement, or in selected cases, nonsurgical transcutaneous bioprosthetic valve implantation, is recommended for symptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis. The Case of ...