Limb-lengthening can add inches to a person’s stature. But its risks have made it controversial. Credit... Supported by By Isabella Kwai Photographs by Matthew Leifheit Isabella Kwai spoke to ...

Pune: A 35-week-old preterm twin has survived a rare and life-threatening birth defect following nearly two months of intensive care and high-risk surgery at a city hospital. The infant was admitted ...

A potentially massive error during one of his surgeries may have contributed to Hulk Hogan’s death. Hogan’s wife, Sky Daily, told TMZ Sports that the WWE legend ...

A robot trained on videos of surgeries performed a lengthy phase of a gallbladder removal without human help. The robot operated for the first time on a lifelike patient, and during the operation, ...

Introduction: Budd-Chiari syndrome (BCS) is a condition in which the hepatic outflow tract is obstructed. In some rare situations, abnormal diaphragmatic eventration (DE) is the main cause of BCS; ...

The suicide of a 26-year-old Pennsylvania police officer over the aftereffects of the popular eye surgery LASIK was not an isolated incident, with others saying the procedure left them with agonizing ...

Hernias are a common medical condition, affecting over five million people in the United States, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. When someone has a hernia, it means an organ or ...

Chronic respiratory disorders are one of the primary causes of death in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), but they remain incompletely understood in this population. 1 Identifying diaphragm ...

HIGHLAND, Kansas (WPVI) -- COVID-19 has created long-term health problems for some Americans. It left a Kansas dad barely able to breathe without excruciating pain. Fortunately, he found a solution in ...

In September 2022, I saw Joe Potter, a 40-year-old patient who flew to Philadelphia from Kansas to be treated for a rare condition. As with all new patients, I first took his medical history, which ...

The following is a summary of “Outcomes of a novel algorithm for levator muscle plication surgery in congenital blepharoptosis,” published in the January 2024 issue of Ophthalmology by Kotb et al.