Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a pioneering method to mend damaged hearts without open-heart surgery, an advance that could one day transform the treatment of heart failure.

FAIRFAX, Va. (WUSA9) -- For hardcore 30-year-old athletesto baby boomers, achy and worn out joints can literally be a pain. Cateena Powers know about the pain, after years of athletic competition and ...

Leukemia is a type of cancer that affects the bone marrow and blood cells. Stem cell transplants are one possible treatment. In some cases, a stem call transplant – alongside chemotherapy or radiation ...

HF outcomes at 3 years were improved, but where stem cells fit in future research is the big unknown, says Jay Traverse.

Baseball superstar Max Scherzer — whose back injury has prevented him from pitching for the Washington National s since he last played on July 25 — is the latest in a long list of professional ...

A boy in California may have saved his father from a deadly returning cancer by becoming one of if not the world's youngest ...

A groundbreaking new procedure has restored the vision of 14 people with blinding cornea injuries in one eye. To treat this, ...

WASHINGTON — Federal officials need to do more to prevent for-profit stem cell clinics from exploiting and potentially injuring patients, according to an article published in a leading medical journal ...

HASTINGS -- Suffering a painful circulation problem in her leg, Helen Thomas rarely left her home. On most days, the 80-year-old was so wiped out by painkillers she didn't want to get up. Amputation ...

A Michigan teenager whose heart was accidentally punctured by a nail gun may have hope for a normal life after an experimental stem cell transplant, researchers said Wednesday. Dimitri Bonnville, 16, ...

TIP: Prior to teaching, bookmark all of the Web sites used in the lesson and create a word processing document listing all of the links. Preview all sites and videos before presenting them to the ...