Plastic surgeon Dr. Michael K. Obeng tells PEOPLE the risks of elective surgery after an autopsy report revealed country singer Hank Williams Jr.’s wife died from a complication during liposuction ...

By Priyanjana Pramanik, MSc. A new review reveals how complications after overseas cosmetic and weight-loss surgery are ...

Discover why deep brain stimulation may be safer than expected and how large scale data could change surgical decision making ...

Objectives Outward medical tourism is when people seek medical treatment in a different country to the one they live in. We aimed to identify all studies that describe the impact on the UK National ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Thanks to a change in scheduling rules, elective surgeries on Saturdays are newly available at Cleveland ...

Black men have a higher death rate within 30 days of surgery compared with any other subgroup of race and sex, finds a study of adults in the United States published in The BMJ. This inequality in ...

Hospital bosses have set out a plan to improve waiting times for elective surgery ...

Five years ago, Molly Grimm felt a sharp, stabbing pain in the bottom of her right foot, the first sign of what would ultimately be diagnosed as plantar fasciitis. The 39-year-old marketing manager in ...

It’s Chris Roberts’ job to change that.

Researchers examined elective surgeries and found children of color are between 40% and 60% less likely to have procedures. Delaying an elective surgery can lead to more health problems and worsened ...

Senior doctors fear local patients will be forced to wait longer for elective surgery, or have to leave the area for ...