The cardiovascular system consists of the heart, blood vessels, and blood. Its primary function is to transport nutrients and oxygen-rich blood to all parts of the body and to carry deoxygenated blood ...

A recent federal probe and New York Times investigation found surgeons in some U.S. states faced pressure to remove organs from patients for transplantation, even as those patients cried and showed ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) launched an overhaul of the nation’s organ transplant system Monday amid reports of surgeons attempting to harvest organs from patients who were ...

UCSF Health medical staff celebrate the 20,000th organ transplant at UCSF. Photo by Raymond Ibale. UC San Francisco surgeons have performed the health system’s 20,000th solid organ transplant, making ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. is developing new safeguards for the organ transplant system after a government investigation found a Kentucky group continued preparations for organ donation by some patients ...

Cardiac allotransplantation is warranted in children with end-stage heart failure or irreparable congenital heart disease. A dearth of organs for transplantation has contributed to long wait-list ...

As America’s organ transplant system faces scrutiny from the Department of Health and Human Services for a “systemic disregard for sanctity of life,” three doctors from New York’s largest healthcare ...

Some people wear their hearts on their sleeves, but TransMedics is all about its “heart in a box”—and now, so is an FDA advisory panel, which voted in favor of agency approval for the donor heart ...

Your body's circulatory system is a wondrous thing. It's made up of blood vessels that carry blood to and from your heart and also pumps blood to your lungs so you can breathe. It helps grow and ...