With the "Rocky" theme song playing for encouragement, patients on the neurology floor at Penn Medicine are up and walking less than 24 hours after spine surgery. The walks are part of a new project ...

Surgical robots powered by AI are transforming operating theaters worldwide, making complex procedures more accessible while addressing critical surgeon shortages.

Over a period of two years, patients who had bariatric surgery lost an average of 28.3% of their body weight, compared with 10.3% for those on GLP-1 therapy, research found.

Researchers examined problems related to the timing and scheduling of surgeries and patients' stays in recovery units. In collaboration with a hospital, they developed an integrated elective surgery ...

Cancer surgery patients whose health team tracked their symptoms remotely during recovery wound up recovering more quickly from surgery, researchers reported.

Patients say elderly people will "really struggle" after the sudden closure of a GP surgery. Spilsby Surgery, which has 7,455 patients, was closed "with immediate effect" after the NHS Lincolnshire ...

New research reveals that keeping lymph nodes intact, which are often removed near tumors to prevent cancer from spreading, may lead to better patient outcomes and enhance the effectiveness of ...

Board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Kiya Movassaghi recently appeared as a guest on “The Aesthetic Blueprint,” a podcast presented by Symplast, where he shared insights on transitioning from surgeon ...

Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie raised awareness of BRCA mutations in 2013 when she had a double mastectomy to cut her chance of developing cancer.

I always felt like I stood out, and not in a good way,' says Amber Berrington. 'I just desperately wanted to be average size, like the rest of my friends.' ...

For those with severe vascular disease, treatments are limited. But a pioneer procedure is serving as a new “last resort” for those with the disease. WAMC’s Samantha Simmons spoke with some of the ...

The hospital said the price for Deborah Buttgereit’s surgery increased because doctors encountered complications midprocedure.