We are living in an era of “discoveries that feel at once wondrous, improbable, and surreal,” writes Mary Roach in her new book.

"My breathing has improved 100%,” Cheryl Mehrkar tells PEOPLE following the groundbreaking procedure Photo by NYU Langone Health Surgeons in New York have become the first in the world to complete a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The procedure utilized the advanced robotic da Vinci 5 surgical system. Benefits include smaller incisions, ...

In a historic feat, the world's first in-human bladder transplant has been done by surgeons from Keck Medicine of USC and UCLA Health. "The surgery was successfully completed at Ronald Reagan UCLA ...

A milestone in robotic surgery was announced Tuesday in Houston, as Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center revealed that a surgeon successfully performed the first fully robotic heart transplant in the ...

allowing precise maneuvers in areas too confined for human hands alone. Finally, the blog post explicitly stated it was "the second fully robotic heart transplant ever performed in the world." The ...

Science writer Mary Roach is fascinated by the human body, especially, she says, the "gooey bits and pieces of us that are performing miracles on a daily basis." Take the human heart, for instance. If ...

The surgery was performed at NYU Langone by Surgical Director Dr. Stephanie Chang, who led the world's first fully robotic double lung transplant. 27,785 people played the daily Crossword recently.

Animal rights organization PETA has condemned the use of animal organs in human transplantation after the world's first living recipient of a genetically modified pig kidney passed away just weeks ...

In a groundbreaking moment for American medicine, surgeons at Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center have completed the first fully robotic heart transplant ever performed in the United States. In order to ...

Woven into the deepest strands of healthcare’s DNA is the word — human. From the immaculate invention of penicillin to cutting edge transplants, decade upon decade, millions and millions of caregivers ...

A team of Chinese researchers has stuck a tiny organoid made from human stem cells into the body of a tiny robot, resulting in a Frankensteinian creation that can learn how to complete certain tasks.