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In December 1967, a South African surgeon made history when he successfully transplanted the heart of a woman who died in a motor vehicle accident victim into a heart failure patient.Flash forward 50 ...

Multidisciplinary Approach Benefits Aging Bodies and Minds Americans are living longer and healthier lives. Even so, many older adults will eventually develop one or more of a group of related medic...

The bustling environment of Emergency Medicine may seem worlds away from the relatively benign atmosphere of the corner pharmacy. But even after Maryann Amirshahi, MD, PharmD, MPH, had begun her caree...

The holiday season will soon be upon us, which means get-togethers with family and friends. Unfortunately, for many it’s also a time for overeating and weight gain. “On average, Amer...

Millions of people get a flu vaccine in the fall as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the American Medical Association and other professional medical groups. But man...

Nearly 200,000 people get bariatric surgery each year in the United States, and about 1,000 of them are teenagers. The obesity rate among adolescents age 12 to 19 more than doubled between 1988 ...