With a family history of serious illnesses and his own health complications, it's easy for him to relate to his patients.

Patricio Leyva of Country Club Hills, Mary Alice Kunz from Bourbonnais and Gerald Kruel from Chicago, will travel to Cubs ...

"Don't be afraid to go to the doctor and get checked. But if you are it's ok. Just make sure you do it afraid, but ultimately, get it done," she says.

Pitchers and catchers are officially due to report to Red Sox spring training on Wednesday, but Garrett Whitlock was on the mound on Tuesday morning. In front of several of his ...

Wentzville Fire Capt. Tommy Shire left the hospital on Monday as family and friends cheered and prayed for him after facing deadly heart complications.

Patients aged between 50 to 70 years with a mechanical heart valve replacement had better long-term survival compared to ...

Growing up with a heart disease, Ashley Pecora never knew what her life was going to look like—until two years ago when she ...

With new transcatheter options for the repair or replacement of tricuspid valves, the role and timing of repair — whether surgical or minimally invasive — is entering a time of transition.

Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox recently received a three-star rating from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.

Despite guideline recommendations, the use of bioprosthetic heart valves has surpassed mechanical valves, but data from a large surgical database may lead to a reassessment of that practice.

It sounds a little like Fantastic Voyage. Instead of a submarine and crew inside the body, a camera inserted into a patient’s ...