DCIS and active monitoring Every year, about 50,000 women in the U.S. are diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS, in which the cells that line milk ducts become cancerous but the nearby ...

Ankle replacement surgery involves removing damaged parts of the ankle joint and replacing them with an artificial joint. It is an option when noninvasive treatments, such as physical therapy, have ...

Blood loss is one of many situations that can cause anemia. Surgery involves blood loss. If you have anemia and undergo surgery, you may be at risk for serious complications. Anemia is a condition in ...

Tongues were wagging in Washington when Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin recently went AWOL from the Pentagon. After mysteriously disappearing from public view for a week, leaving even the White House ...

Hernia surgery can be done in as little as 30–45 minutes, and you’ll usually be able to head home the same day. Following hernia repair surgery, you’ll need at least a week or two before you can ...

Smoking cigarettes before surgery can increase the risk of severe complications. Some complications carry a risk of death. In some extreme cases, doctors may refuse to operate on people who smoke.

Small studies suggest that breast removal surgery improves transgender teenagers’ well-being, but data is sparse. Some state leaders oppose such procedures for minors. By Azeen Ghorayshi Michael, 17, ...

Treatment for patients with recurrent ovarian cancer has been mainly based on systemic therapy. The role of secondary cytoreductive surgery is unclear. We randomly assigned patients with recurrent ...

Robot-assisted surgeries have only modest advantages over other approaches, a large analysis found. By Nicholas Bakalar Surgical procedures performed with the aid of a robot is sometimes marketed as ...

SEATTLE — Jimmy Nixon founded Broadway Bound Children's Theater out of a special kind of love. The love for his daughter, Ryah. "Dad always said I was born singing before i could talk, so he wanted to ...

Many of us will have been in situations with older loved ones where a doctor says surgery is too risky given the patient’s advanced age. Why is it surgery becomes risky in the elderly, and is it based ...