Surgery

VIDEO July 15

NYU Langone surgeons successfully transplant pig hearts into humans

Fox News' Dr. Marc Siegel shares inspiring medical news about a procedure where pig hearts were transplanted into human bodies

MEDICAL RESEARCH July 12

Pig organ transplants being tested on dead human bodies

Two brain dead people had pig hearts transplanted into their bodies last month. Experts believe one day animal organs will help save human lives.

SCIENCE July 12

New York researchers conduct pig heart transplant experiments in hopes of one day saving human lives

Surgeons in New York transplanted pig hearts into two brain-dead donors over the last month to research the possibility of saving human lives with animal organs.

Departed July 8

Gregory Itzin, actor who played president on '24,' dead at 74

Gregory Itzin, "24" and "NCIS" actor ,has died at 74, Fox News Digital confirmed. The late actor died from complications during an emergency surgery.

Celebrity News July 7

Celebrities get real about plastic surgery: 'Good plastic surgery, you can't tell'

Khloe Kardashian and Busy Philipps recently spoke on their views about plastic surgery. Celebrity surgeon Dr. Paul Nassif tells Fox News Digital about the most common procedures.

HEALTH July 3

Travis Barker’s ‘life-threatening’ pancreatitis from recent endoscopy: What is it?

Blink-182 drummer and husband of Kourtney Kardashian, Travis Barker, opens up about his recent hospital experience after an endoscopy, a surgical procedure.

Children's Health June 14

Texas family lawsuit alleges surgeon gave 4-year-old vasectomy during hernia operation

A family is suing Texas Children's Hospital for $500,000, claiming an "unintended vasectomy.

MEDICAL RESEARCH June 13

Surgeon performed life-saving procedure on firefighter whose religious beliefs opposed blood transfusion

A doctor at Mount Sinai performed a rare bloodless surgery on a fireman who did not want to receive blood because it violated his Jehovah's Witness faith

Transplants March 9

US man who got first pig heart transplant dies 2 months later

The first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, two months after the groundbreaking experiment, the Maryland hospital that performed the surgery announced Wednesday.

Abortion February 25

More than half of US abortions done with pills, not surgery

More than half of U.S. abortions are now done with pills rather than surgery, an upward trend that spiked during the pandemic with the increase in telemedicine, a report released Thursday shows.