In an advisory issued Friday, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy recommended that labels on alcoholic beverages be updated to include a warning about the risk of cancer associated with alcohol ...

Stents are a less invasive option, while CABG is a major surgery. Your healthcare provider will consider how many blockages you have and where they are. The best treatment option depends on individual ...

For example, finding a lump earlier may mean a patient's treatment course will involve a lumpectomy instead of a more intense surgery such as a mastectomy. One challenge of increased screening ...

Surgeons have removed a previously inoperable brain tumour from a patient by performing keyhole surgery through her eye socket. Mother-of-three Ruvimbo Kaviya, 40, had a meningioma removed from ...

The Division of Surgery aims to improve outcomes for patients undergoing surgical treatment of disease through the transfer of technology into clinical practice. This is being achieved by harnessing ...

Dr Mustafa Ali Abdulrahman Ibo and his colleagues bravely perform surgery under increasing bombardment in the last remaining hospital in el-Fasher, a city that has been under siege for the last ...

A surgeon in Austin, Texas, was in the middle of surgery when she was notified of a phone call from the patient’s insurance provider. Dr. Elisabeth Potter is a board-certified plastic surgeon ...

Penis enlargement surgery can involve silicon implants, fat transfer, ligament division, and other procedures. Surgery is rarely necessary in medical terms, and it can entail complications.

Coronary artery bypass surgery is a procedure to treat coronary heart disease. There are various types, including multiple bypass and minimally invasive. The medical name for coronary artery or ...

For obstructive sleep apnea, a CPAP machine is prescribed. However, sometimes surgery is recommended for severe cases of obstructive sleep apnea or when other therapies aren’t effective.

Brisbane-based Convergence Medical has designed and built a robot called V01, which it said was suitable for all arthroscopy procedures – minimally invasive keyhole joint surgery for injured ...