Lillehei had a reputation for nourishing future brilliance among his medical students. Lillehei trained Dr. Christiaan Barnard, who went on to perform the world’s first heart transplant in 1967.

In the 1950s, open-heart surgery had a 50 percent mortality rate. Today it is less than 1 percent. Jean-Sebastien Evrard/AFP via STAT News ...

The first truly successful open heart operations were performed by C. Walton Lillehei 6 using a cross-circulation technique; this method had been performed as a physiological experiment for ≈50 years ...

Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar joins Newsweek CEO Dev Pragad at 4 p.m. EST for an exclusive interview on India's global future, covering U.S. relations, multilateralism ...

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Analysts say Malays have lost their trust in the ‘inconsistent’ Dr Mahathir Mohamad and will see this initiative as yet another political ploy of his.

The Senate Republican megabill is ailing. The White House thinks it has a doctor for that. Dr. Mehmet Oz, the celebrity surgeon best known for dispensing medical advice on television and now a top ...

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz defended President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” over criticism that millions of people could lose health covera… ...

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz appeared to let slip that he doesn’t quite grasp how credit cards work.

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Dr. Mehmet Oz assures that as long as people can “prove that they matter,” they will not lose their Medicaid. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator explained to ...