A patient diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of terminal brain cancer, is marking seven years since his ...

I have a benign lesion on my liver that needs to be removed. My surgeon said he would use robotic-assisted surgery. Can you ...

After years living with a painful hernia, a Utah man's 90-pound weight loss helped him get a less-invasive surgery and ...

Add as a favourite source on Google Add DutchNews as a favourite source on Google Teenagers with morbid obesity will now be able to have stomach reduction surgery (as a last resort) covered by the ...

Researchers are developing a futuristic alternative to LASIK that reshapes the eye without lasers or incisions. Using mild electrical pulses and platinum contact lenses, they temporarily soften the ...

A new study published in JAMA Surgery examined trends in the use of metabolic and bariatric surgery in the U.S. between 2022 and 2024. As use of GLP-1 drugs increased by 140.4 percent during that ...

Stomach cancer is no longer one of the most common cancers in the United States, accounting for just 1.5% of new cancer diagnoses per year, according to the American Cancer Society. Still, early ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . After certification, optometrists in Tennessee can now perform peripheral iridotomy, selective laser ...

Lasers cut precisely and without contact—ideal for surgery. The problem is that in hard tissues such as bone, they are too slow and do not cut deep enough. Researchers at the University of Basel have ...

Three patients developed fungal keratitis infections linked to laser eye surgery at a single ophthalmology clinic, and one required a corneal transplant. The culprit was Purpureocillium lilacinum, an ...

Laser therapy reduces bleeding and post-operative pain compared to osseous surgery by cauterizing nerve endings and blood vessels. The procedure targets diseased tissue specifically, leaving healthy ...