Just before a major heart surgery at Piedmont Augusta, Akira Joy Hendricks had one urgent request.

Open heart surgery requires cutting open your chest to access and repair your heart. This is an extensive surgery that may last as long as 3-5 hours. Recovery from open heart surgery may take 4-6 ...

A family turns to Ask Anthony for help as their 3-year-old miracle child prepares for life-saving open-heart surgery hundreds ...

Fear, anxiety, anger, sadness, and confusion are just a few of the emotions patients and their caregivers navigate before, during, and after open-heart surgery. “The emotional and mental health ...

ANSWER: I am very sorry to hear about the sudden death of your friend during surgery. Open-heart surgery is always risky, but ...

The heart does not experience the natural world as scenery. It experiences it as biology. This is why protecting nature and ...

MEDICAL REPORTER MINDY BECERRA JOINS US WITH ONE YOUNG GIRL’S STORY. MINDY. ASHLEY. ONE CONGENITAL HEART DEFECT IS WHAT’S COMMONLY CALLED A HOLE IN THE HEART. OFTEN CHILDREN HAVE NO SYMPTOMS, BUT IF ...

ONE LOCAL MAN SAYS THE INNOVATIVE APPROACH WAS A REAL GAME CHANGER. AT 76 YEARS OLD, STAYING ACTIVE ISN’T JUST A GOAL FOR JOHN ZELL’S, IT’S HIS WAY OF LIFE. WHETHER HE’S OUT ON THE GOLF COURSE OR ONE ...