Wrongful death: Suit alleges that health care providers failed to properly manage post-surgical complications following a cecal volvulus procedure, resulting in progressive deterioration, septic shock ...

A pilot program in six states will use a tactic employed by private insurers that has been heavily criticized for delaying and denying medical care. By Reed Abelson and Teddy Rosenbluth Like millions ...

A transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS for short) is a procedure meant to help blood flow more easily through your liver. It’s usually done to treat complications caused by liver damage ...

Call it dental h-AI-genics. A Boston-based tech company, backed by Mark Zuckerberg’s dentist father, has successfully managed the world’s first all-robotic dental procedure. Perceptive, a business ...

In baseball, the words “Tommy John surgery” are uttered every day. And with a rash of injuries sidelining stars around the league, we are hearing the phrase more than ever. The number of injuries to ...

1 Department of Digestive Surgery, University Hospital Center of Brazzaville, Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. 2 Faculty of Health Sciences, Marien Ngouabi University, Brazzaville, Republic of the ...

Dimples are small indentations of the cheek caused by differences in the anatomy of facial muscles and skin. Dimple plastic surgery, or dimpleplasty, is a technique that creates artificial dimples.

Endoscopy is a way to examine your digestive tract with a camera, called an endoscope. The endoscope is a flexible tube with a light and the camera attached. Through this state-of-the-art technology, ...

A retrospective study examines whether limited abdominal ultrasound is a safe and e­ffective way to assess for intestinal malrotation with or without midgut volvulus. A limited abdominal ultrasound ...

Jaw surgery can readjust or realign the jaw. It’s also referred to as orthognathic surgery. It’s performed by oral or maxillofacial surgeons working along with an orthodontist most of the time. There ...

You will likely have to take at least 2 to 3 days off work while you recover from jawline surgery, plus a day for the procedure itself. The procedure takes 2 to 4 hours. You may be required to spend a ...