Hamilton, ON (May 15, 2021) - A simple surgery saves patients with heart arrhythmia from often-lethal strokes, says a large international study led by McMaster University. Researchers found that ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Patients at a Fresno medical center are recovering faster because of a treatment they receive before surgery, instead of after. It's a set of simple steps that's making a big ...

Inadequate access to simple elective surgery in developing countries is storing up future health problems for patients and may create a spiral of future health complications putting more people's ...

Daryl Bohning walked into Danbury Hospital in June 2011 for routine, elective surgery to repair a hernia. More than a year later, Mr. Bohning and his wife, Sue Ellen Bohning, said he has been left ...

Patients may be more likely to take their regularly prescribed medications for chronic conditions such as diabetes and hypertension correctly before surgery when provided a simple instruction sheet, ...

Failed back surgery (continued low back and leg pain after surgery) is relatively common. With each reoperation, success, as defined by pain reduction, becomes less likely and most patients do not ...

More than one-third of all Americans report being affected by knee pain. Knee replacement surgery can offer relief, but the implants only last between 12 and 15 years. Patients under the age of 40 ...

Posterior iatrogenic retinal trauma is a known complication of vitreous surgery. 1 We have had two cases where the endoillumination pipe has caused direct retinal trauma during epiretinal or ...

A simple surgery saves patients with heart arrhythmia from often-lethal strokes, says a large international study led by McMaster University. Researchers found that removing the left atrial appendage ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients given ice packs for the first 24 hours after major abdominal surgeries reported less pain and needed fewer narcotic painkillers, according to a new U.S. study. “We ...