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Even so, I wondered if people would look at me — especially the seven-inch scar on my chest — and treat me differently because I was now 55 and had undergone open-heart surgery. I am writing ...

Fox News host Bret Baier shares an update on his 17-year-old son, Paul, who had an emergency open heart surgery last year. As Paul prepares for college, Bret tells PEOPLE he is learning to adjust ...

Like Wiesel, I too am “overcome with a feeling of gratitude. ... In the 1950s, open-heart surgery had a 50 percent mortality rate. Now it’s often less than 1 percent.

“I found that sleeping after open-heart surgery was far more challenging than I had anticipated, and it was something no one fully prepared me for,” says Williams, 34, of St. Petersburg, Florida.