An artificial heart inspired by plumbing

At 62, Maggie Cotter is fitter, stronger and more determined than ever. But behind her medal-winning swims lies a story of survival – twice over. “Organ donation has given me my life back, not once bu

Back in 2019, a Birmingam man scanned a Warwickshire field with a metal detector he’d purchased just six months previously. Near a drained pond, the machine alerted him to a miraculous discovery; a sp

On Christmas Eve and Christmas Day last year, while most of us were celebrating with loved ones, 11 people in the UK gave another family the ultimate gift by donating their organs. These donors enable

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Our girl’s life was saved by amazing docs and a farmyard animal

New analysis from the British Heart Foundation shows that heart disease is on the rise amongst working-age adults in the UK, with over 400 under-65s now dying every week. It’s the first sustained incr