When doctors tell patients they’ll access their heart through the groin, many react with confusion or concern. Yet this approach, known as the transfemoral method, has become a cornerstone of modern ...

What Are the Different Types of Oral Cancer Surgery? Oral cancer surgery refers to a group of procedures with different jobs: removing cancer, rebuilding areas affected by treatment, or restoring key ...

Hundreds of patients successfully received cataract surgery in a doctor's office after taking sedative pills, as opposed to ...

Combining the two procedures allows for the removal of breast tissue and rebuilding the breast immediately, instead of doing ...

UPMC’s first Stroke Survivors Reunion celebrated resilience, featuring Ed Hermance’s inspiring recovery story. Quick action ...

Robotics has significantly changed minimally invasive surgery (MIS) in many medical specialties. By adding robotic systems to these procedures, surgeons can work with more accuracy, reach the surgical ...

A nurse from LeClaire was the first lung-surgery patient to undergo a new procedure at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago.

Nasal polyps are painless, teardrop-shaped growths that form in your nose or sinuses. They’re most common where the sinuses near your eyes and cheekbones drain into your nose. Nasal polyps are not ...

Insurance denied 18-year-old Nala White’s surgery for degenerative disc disease. After NBC News reached out, it was approved the next day. By the time she graduated high school, the back pain that ...