When Is It Time for a Knee Replacement?

1 in 3 Americans With Arthritis Say Pain, Symptoms Persist

1 in 7 Cancer Patients Worldwide Missed a Surgery Due to Pandemic

A Better, Safer Way to Rid Some Kids of Seizures?

A New Hip or Knee Can Do a Marriage Good, Study Finds

A 'Stunning' Alternative Rx for Arthritic Joints?

Acupuncture During a Knee Replacement Could Lessen Post-Surgical Pain

Addictive Opioid Painkillers Might Not Be Needed After Knee Surgery

Advances in Care, Impact of COVID Highlights of Latest Cardiologists' Meeting

Advent of 'Bloodless Medicine' Is Helping Some Patients Avoid Transfusions

A-Fib After Any Surgery Raises Odds for Heart Failure

After COVID, Surgery Risks Remain Higher for More Than a Year

AHA News: Organ Transplants Make A Turnaround From COVID-19 Decline

AHA News: Routine Checkup Led to Open-Heart Surgery – at Age 6

Aidan's Tough Journey: Now Breathing Easier With a Rewired Heart

An Unexpected Finding on What Might Drive Joint Disease

Antibiotics May Be Best First Treatment for Appendicitis

Are Cortisone Injections Good or Bad for Arthritic Knees?

Are Opioid Painkillers Needed Weeks After Heart Surgery? Maybe Not

Are Steroids Really the Answer for Arthritic Knees?

Arthritis Drug Tocilizumab Flops as COVID-19 Treatment

Arthritis Treatments: How to Get Pain Relief From Arthritis

As Postponed Surgeries Resume, Can U.S. Hospitals Handle the Strain?

Aspirin OK After Fracture to Help Avoid Blood Clots

'Awareness' Under C-Section Anesthesia May Be Less Rare Than Thought

Barnacles Inspire a Better Way to Seal Off Wounds

Be Aggressive With Initial Brain Tumor Surgery to Boost Survival: Study

Bedside Manner Even More Important for Hospital Patients Admitted Via the ER

Beta-Blocker Heart Meds Might Lower Arthritis Risk

Better Imaging Allows More Women to Opt for Breast-Conserving Surgery

Big Drop Seen in Kids Getting Opioids After Surgery

Black Americans Less Likely to Get Lifesaving Heart Treatments

Black Kids Face Higher Odds of Post-Op Complications Than White Kids

Black Men Less Likely to Get Best Prostate Cancer Treatments

Black Patients Less Happy With Care After Knee, Hip Replacement

Black Patients More Likely to Get Riskier Heart Surgeries

Black Patients More Likely to Need Emergency Surgery for Colon Cancer

Black Patients With Brain Tumors Less Likely to Get Surgery Than Whites

Black Women Have Triple the Odds for Lymphedema After Breast Cancer Surgery

Blood Clots in the Lungs: Consider Surgery Earlier to Help Save Lives

Blood Donors' Gender Doesn't Affect Outcomes for Recipients

Blood Pressure During Surgery May Be Crucial After Spinal Cord Injury

Body Temperature Higher in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis

Breast Cancer Over 70: How Much Treatment Is Enough?

Breastfeeding OK After Mom Has Anesthesia, Experts Say

Can Women With Early Breast Cancer Skip Post-Op Radiation?

Can You Keep Your Bladder After Bladder Cancer Strikes?

Cataract Surgery Might Lower Your Odds for Dementia

Cataracts Tied to Higher Odds of Death From Heart Disease

Cataracts: Common, and Easy to Treat

Certain Meds Raise Odds for Delirium After Surgery

Chronic Pancreatitis: Surgery Can Help, But Healthy Lifestyle Is Key

Clear Danger: Glass-Topped Tables Injure Thousands Each Year

Clot-Removing Procedure Can Sometimes Backfire for Stroke Patients

Common Gout Drug Is Safe in Patients With Kidney Issues

Compression Stockings May Not Be Needed After Surgeries, Study Finds

Cool Storage Could Keep Lungs Ready for Transplant Longer

Could the First Drug That Slows Arthritis Be Here?

COVID Vaccine a Key Factor in Decisions Around Surgery

COVID-19 Can Damage Lungs So Badly That 'Only Hope' is Transplant

COVID-19 Ills No Greater for Those With Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis

COVID-19 Tied to Raised Risk of Post-Op Death: Study

COVID-19 Will Delay 28 Million Elective Surgeries Worldwide: Study

Dangerous A-Fib Can Follow Many Surgeries

Delayed Surgery for Early Breast Cancer Won't Harm Survival: Study

Do C-Section Babies Become Heavier Adults?

Do Minority Kids Face More Danger During Surgeries?

Do Steroid Injections Worsen Arthritic Knees?

Doctors' Choice of Anesthesia Could Help Curb Climate Change

Doctors Devise Safer Alternative to Opioids During, After Surgeries

Doctors Perform First In Utero Brain Surgery

Doctors Transplant Kidneys to Children Without Need for Immune-Suppressing Drugs

Does an Arthritis Drug Help Patients Battling Severe COVID? It Depends on the Study

Does Cracking Your Knuckles Cause Arthritis?

Does Running Bring on Arthritic Knees?

Does Your Surgeon's Gender Matter?

Don't Delay Lung Cancer Surgery, Study Suggests

Don't Schedule Your Operation on Your Surgeon's Birthday

During and After Surgery, Pot Users Need More Anesthesia, Painkillers: Study

Early Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis May Thwart Heart Disease

Estrogen Taken During Gender-Affirming Surgeries Won't Raise Blood Clot Risk: Study

Even Light Exercise Can Help Arthritic Knees

Even When at Low Risk, Some Women Should Remove Fallopian Tubes to Avoid Ovarian Cancer: Experts

Even With Multiple Breast Tumors, Mastectomy Isn't Always Necessary: Study

Exercise Helps Ease Arm, Shoulder Pain After Breast Cancer Surgery

Exercise Is Key to Recovery After Breast Cancer Surgery

Exercise Soon After Breast Plastic Surgery Is Safe, Healthy

FDA Approves First Monoclonal Antibody Treatment for Arthritis in Dogs

FDA Approves Imaging Drug That Can Help Surgeons Spot Ovarian Cancers

FDA Approves Monoclonal Antibody to Treat Arthritis in Cats

Feminizing Facial Surgery Gives Mental Boost to Transgender People

Fetal Surgery Is Changing Lives for Kids With Spina Bifida

Flat-Footed: What Works Best to Fix 'Fallen Arches'?

For Amputees, a New Kind of Surgery May Allow Better Control, Sensation

Four Factors in Midlife Predict a Healthy Old Age for Women

Gallbladder Surgery During Pregnancy May Be Safer Than Waiting

Gender-Affirming Mastectomies Give Boost to Patients' Mental Health

Gender-Affirming Surgeries Improve Mental Health in Young, Study Says

Gene Test Might Help Some Breast Cancer Patients Skip Radiation After Lumpectomy

Get Pain Relief With the Most Common Arthritis Medications

Got Bunions? Key Factors to Whether Surgery Will Work for You

Have Arthritis? Design Your Office to Ease the Strain

Having a Hip, Knee Replacement? Some Tips to an Optimal Recovery

Having Heart Disease Can Make Other Surgeries More Risky

Heart Surgery Leads to Long-Term Opioid Use for Some

Hip Replacements on the Rise Among the Very Young

Hormonal Therapy Won't Prevent Chronic Ills After Menopause: Expert Panel

How Common Is Opioid Misuse Among Seniors After Hip Surgery?

How Did New 'Surprise Medical Bill' Laws Affect Your State?

How Effective (and Safe) Is Shoulder Surgery?

How Soon Can You Resume Tennis, Golf After Shoulder Surgery?

How the Pandemic Changed Breast Cancer Care

How to Ease Back Into Exercise After Surgery

How to Talk to Your Doctor About Arthritis Pain

In Many Cases, Hip Replacement Also Eases Back Pain

In Rare Case, COVID-19 Test Caused Spinal Fluid Leak

In Small Study, Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Appears to Help COVID-19 Patients

Injections of Your Own Fat Could Help Arthritic Hands

Is a Night in the Hospital Necessary After Hip, Knee Replacement?

Is Arthritis Pain Relief as Close as Your Spice Rack?

Is It Safe to Have Surgery Soon After a COVID Diagnosis?

Is Surgery for Sciatica Really Worth It?

It Doesn't Take Much Weight Gain to Raise Odds for Knee Trouble

Jog on: Exercise Won't Raise Your Odds for Arthritic Knees

Khloe Kardashian Has 'Incredibly Rare' Tumor Removed From Her Face

Kids Aren't Scared by Medical Workers' PPE, Study Finds

Kids Getting Spinal Surgeries May Cut Back on Opioids

Kids Who Need Steroids Face Risk of Diabetes, Other Ills

Kids With Congenital Heart Disease Face Higher Odds of Mental Health Issues

Knee or Hip Replacements Cut People's Risk for Falls: Study

Knee Procedure Done Earlier Might Prevent Knee Replacement Later

Knee Replacement a Good Option, Even for Severely Obese: Study

Knee Replacement in Folks Over 80: Less Risky Than You Think

Knee Replacement More Challenging in People With Sickle Cell

Knee, Shoulder Surgeries Without Opioids? It's Possible, Study Finds

Lab-Made Heart Valves Can Grow Along With Youngest Heart Patients

Large Study Supports Less Invasive Way to Treat 'Leaky' Heart Valves

Lasik Surgery Should Carry Warnings of Possible Complications, FDA Says

Leftover Opioids After Surgery? Mailed Kits Double Rate of Proper Disposal

Less May Be More When It Comes to Surgery for Early-Stage Lung Cancer

Low-Dose Colchicine Might Prevent or Delay Knee, Hip Replacements

Low-Dose CT Scans Can Diagnose Appendicitis

Lumpectomy as Effective as Mastectomy for Young Women With Breast Cancer

Lymph Node Removal During Breast Cancer Mastectomy: Is It Overdone?

Many Home Health Care Workers in Poor Health Themselves

Many Patients Aren't Getting Best Quality Lung Cancer Surgery: Study

Many Pre-Surgery Tests Are Useless, So Why Are Hospitals Still Using Them?

Marijuana Users May Feel More Post-Surgery Pain: Study

Marijuana Users More Prone to Infections After Knee, Shoulder Surgeries

Men Offered Surgery More Often Than Women When Carpal Tunnel Strikes

Men With Testicular Cancer May Have New Treatment Option

'Mental Resilience' May Give Holocaust Survivors an Edge After Surgery

Mesh Plug a New Option for Treating Tricky Aneurysms

Minimally Invasive Surgery May Be Good Option for People With Pancreatic Cancer

More Breast Cancer Survivors Opting to 'Go Flat' After Mastectomy

More 'Height-Challenged' Men Are Getting Leg-Lengthening Surgeries

More Patients Turning to Medical Marijuana for Arthritis Pain

Most Americans Would Skip Opioids After Surgery If They Could: Survey

Most Knee Cracking Is Normal, Expert Says

Most Top U.S. Surgeons Are White and That's Not Changing

Multiple Surgeries for Cleft Lip, Palate Won't Cause Major Psychological Damage

Music Could Be a Post-Op Panacea, Study Finds

Need an Operation? Here's How COVID Has Changed Surgery

'Nerve Zap' Pain Treatment Could Cut Need for Opioids After Surgeries

New Drug Might Be Non-Surgical Option for Common Skin Cancers

New Lease on Life for Two Lung Cancer Patients After Pioneering Double-Lung Transplant

New Treatment Could Be Safer Way to Fight Brain Tumors in Kids

Newer Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug May Help Ease Tough-to-Treat Cases

No Change in Number of Post-Op Opioid Prescriptions, But Dosages Drop

No 'Last Goodbye' for Cello: 5-Hour Surgery Saved Dog's Life

No Need to Avoid Exercise After Prolapse Surgery, Study Finds

No Sign That Anesthesia in Pregnancy Affects Child's Later Development

Obesity Can Raise Odds for Post-Surgical Complications

Old Age No Bar to Successful Heart Transplant, Study Finds

Older and Getting Surgery? Get Fit Beforehand

Older Black Men Face Higher Risk of Death After Surgery

One-Dose Blood Thinner Could Slash Blood Clot Risk After Knee Replacement

One-Third of Americans With Arthritis Get No Exercise

Oral Surgery on Your Calendar? Expert Offers Tips to Ease Anxiety

Overweight With Arthritic Knees? You Might Want to Avoid Tennis

Overworked Anesthesiologists Can Put Surgical Patients at Risk

Pain Is a Growing Threat to the Nation's Surgeons, New Research Reveals

Pandemic Cut U.S. Heart Surgeries in Half as Patients Avoided Hospitals

Patients Give High Ratings to Pre-Surgery Telemedicine Consultations

People Are Now Living More Years in Good Health: Study

People Die When Hospital Bed Shortages Force Patients Out

People Over 80 Benefit From Surgery for Benign Brain Tumors

Permanently Bent 'Trigger Finger' Can Be Hallmark of Diabetes

Poll: Most Americans Over 50 Suffer Some Type of Joint Pain

Poor Outcome More Likely When Patient Is Female, Surgeon Is Male: Study

Pope Leaves Hospital 10 Days After Colon Surgery

Post-Op Deaths Decline for Cancer Patients, But Blacks Still More Vulnerable

Post-Op Delirium Could Signal Faster Mental Decline

Postpartum Bleeding Doesn't Have to Mean Hysterectomy, Experts Say

Pre-Surgery COVID Precautions Tied to Worse, Not Better, Patient Outcomes

Quieter ORs May Make for Happier Kids After Surgery

Recent COVID Doesn't Seem to Raise Surgery Risks

Recent COVID-19 Raises Odds for Clots After Surgery by 90%

Red Cross Warns of Severe Blood Shortage

Removing Ovaries During Hysterectomy Before 50 Can Bring Health Risks

Repair or Reconstruction: What's Best for ACL Tears?

'Rerouting' Brain Blood Flow: Old Technique Could Be New Advance Against Strokes

Retired Olympians Face Higher Odds for Arthritis

Rheumatoid Arthritis Drug Might Help Save Hospitalized COVID Patients

Routine Ventilation of Surgical Patients Won't Raise COVID Transmission Risk

Rugby Injuries Last Long After Pros, Amateurs Stop Playing: Study

Sexism May Play Role in Who Performs Your Surgery

Shorter Course of Post-Op Radiation May Work Well for Prostate Cancer Patients

Simple Move May Boost Spinal Fusion Outcomes

Smoking Rates High Among Surgery Patients

Smoking Reduces Survival Odds After Bladder Cancer Surgery

'So Happy:' World's First Hand/Face Transplant Patient Doing Well

Some Breast Surgery Won't Harm Ability to Breastfeed

Some Donor Livers Keep Working for 100 Years: Study

Some Younger Women With Early-Stage Breast Cancers Might Skip Radiation

'Stepped' Approach to Exercise Can Help With Arthritic Knees

Stress Urinary Incontinence? Know Your Surgical Options

Struggling With CPAP for Sleep Apnea? Surgery May Help

Study Compares Bypass, Stenting for Patients With Severe Heart Disease

Surgery Brings Added Risks to People With COPD

Surgery Can Boost Outcomes After Chemo for People With Pancreatic Cancer

Surgery Could Boost Survival for Women With Advanced Breast Cancers: Study

Surgery Holds Danger for Seniors. Who's Most at Risk?

Surgery Often a Gateway to Opioid Abuse, Study Confirms

Surgery? One Type of Anesthesia Is Preferable During COVID-19 Outbreak

Surgical Patients Allergic to Penicillin Have Another Safe Alternative

Surgical Snip Might Prevent Stroke in People With A-fib

Taking a Shot at Pain Relief After Knee Replacement

Tear in Heart's Aorta Often Deadly, Though Survival Improving

Telehealth Boosts Odds That Patients Show Up for Post-Surgery Care

Telemedicine Gets High Marks for Follow-Ups After Surgery

The Most Common Arthritis Symptoms You Should Know

Timing of Melanoma Immunotherapy Could Be Key to Outcomes: Study

Tips on Keeping Joints Limber, Healthy as You Age

Tonsillectomies Can Be Tougher for Kids With Developmental Delays

Tough Decisions as COVID-19 Causes Cancer Surgery Delays

U.S. Seniors Are Getting Fewer Abdominal Surgeries

U.S. Surgeons' Group Is Working to Save Trauma Victims in Ukraine

U.S. Surgery Rates Rebounded Quickly After Pandemic Shutdowns

Ultra-Low Dose of Rituximab Safely Eases Rheumatoid Arthritis Over Long Term: Study

VA Hospitals Offer Quality Surgical Care: Review

Vaginal or C-Section, Method of Childbirth Won't Affect a Couple's Sex Life Later

Vigorous Exercise Safe for Those at Risk of Knee Arthritis

Virtual Care After Surgery May Be More Convenient For Patients

Weather and Arthritis: Is There Really a Connection?

Weight Loss Surgery a Good Option for Severely Obese Kids: Study

Weight-Loss Surgery Lengthens Life Span, Study Shows

Weight-Loss Surgery Lowers Long-Term Heart Risks for Diabetic Teens

What Anesthesia Works Best for Hip Fracture Surgery?

What Are Hernias, and How Are They Treated?

What Are the Major Types of Arthritis?

What Arthritis Surgeries Help With Pain and Other Symptoms?

What Do You Know About Your Risk for Hernia?

What Is Gonococcal Arthritis?

What Jobs Are Toughest on the Knees?

What Shoes Work Best With Arthritic Knees?

What Type of Stent Did I Get, Where? Most Heart Patients Don't Know

What You Need to Know About Stomach Cancer