A materials science collaboration between UChicago PME engineers and Duke doctors could lead to shorter, safer procedures ...

The patient and local surgical team were located in Gibraltar, about 2,400 kilometers (about 1,500 miles) away. The procedure ...

Most people experience a hernia as a bump under the skin. They occur when an internal organ, most often the small intestine, ...

Once a taboo (and sometimes controversial) subject, plastic surgery is now a mainstream conversation. While women were always the ones at the center of plastic surgery talk, more men are opening up ...

A prostate biopsy is a procedure to remove small samples of tissue from the prostate gland. It's a method to test for prostate cancer if a prostate-specific antigen (PSA) blood test or digital rectal ...

Officials at Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello and Bingham Memorial Hospital in Blackfoot recently announced a step forward in the care of solid tumor cancer patients. Since June, a select number ...

Surgery is usually the main treatment for most types and stages of melanoma. If your tumor is in an early stage and removed using a melanoma surgical treatment, you may not need any other treatment.

Ms. Jones went to her physician and was diagnosed with tricuspid regurgitation, which occurs when the tricuspid valve in the heart does not close properly, allowing blood to flow backward into the ...

It’s hard to pinpoint exactly when we stopped—for the most part—treating beauty treatments like plastic surgery like a scarlet letter and adopted a more accepting stance. What was once seen as such a ...

Skipping sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in patients with clinically node-negative, hormonal receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-negative early-stage breast cancer did not compromise regional control or ...

A bone marrow biopsy is a medical procedure used to collect a small sample of bone marrow, which is the soft, spongy tissue inside your bones where blood cells are made. This test helps a physician ...