Also called an implanted port, port-a-cath or medi-port, a chemo port has two parts: the port and the catheter. The port is a quarter-sized plastic or metal disc. (If you have the metal kind, don ...

But sometimes, people may begin chemo the same day the port is implanted. In general ... professionals to access a large vein in the chest. It helps protect the smaller veins in your arms from ...

A pacemaker modified for newborns' tiny bodies safely and effectively stabilized their heart rhythms for up to two years, according to new research published in Circulation: Arrhythmia and ...

My dear, they are watching you,” said the petite Cambodian housekeeper, clutching my hands while I made my way down the hallway towards the hospital coffee machine. “You are not alone.” This was the ...

Patients who need regular administration of medicine or IVs may choose to have an implanted port – also ... away from the chemotherapy port on her chest.

Miniaturized pacemakers were successfully implanted in infants and neonates requiring pacing and performed reliably until ...

A Georgia woman has sued a fertility clinic after being implanted with someone else’s embryo, giving birth to the child and then being forced to give up custody to the biological parents. “I ...

This week, doctors announced that an Australian man with severe heart failure had left hospital with an artificial heart that ...

When Natalie "Nadya" Suleman welcomed the world's first set of surviving octuplets in 2009, she also gave birth to an entirely new persona. A single mom with 14 kids, on disability from her ...