Paul — who was born with five congenital heart defects — has undergone more than a dozen surgeries. He had his first open-heart procedure as a newborn, then three more at 10 months old ...

Gregg Jumper is used to pressure: from the weight of a loaded bar to the weight of relief as he breaks yet another national record – his own.

Joan Mertz, 83, became the first patient in the state to undergo an artificial heart valve replacement without the need for open-heart surgery. For years, Mertz, a great-grandmother from Essex ...