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 ...

I woke up from surgery groggy, with three minuscule incisions in my abdomen and huge peace of mind. I’d just had my fallopian tubes laparoscopically removed, as it’s the best—and possibly only—defense ...

Sticks and stones may break your bones — but if you need surgery, the right words used in the operating room can be more powerful than many drugs. New research published today in the New England ...

When a person’s vision is impaired as a result of cloudy or opaque areas on the lens of the eye, they may need surgery to remove the lens and replace it with a synthetic one. This is known as simple ...

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 ...

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 ...

Jeffrey Levenson is an ophthalmologist who's performed thousands of eye surgeries. After getting his own cataract surgery, he started volunteering abroad. This is Levenson's story, as told to Kelly ...