Taking steps to protect the eye and avoiding certain activities is important during recovery from cataract surgery. These include avoiding bending over and vigorous sneezing or coughing.

A scab after surgery is a normal part of healing. It forms at the incision site to protect the skin underneath while it heals. Removing a scab can impede healing, so it's best to let it fall off on ...

Doctors at Elantis Healthcare successfully removed 1.2 kg of uterine fibroids from a 28-year-old woman using laparoscopic surgery, preserving her fertility. The minimally invasive procedure offered a ...

In an advisory issued Friday, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy recommended that labels on alcoholic beverages be updated to include a warning about the risk of cancer associated with alcohol ...

How Much Does a Surgeon Make? Surgeons made a median salary of $239,200 in 2023. The best-paid 25% made $239,200 that year, while the lowest-paid 25% made $169,500. How Much Do Surgeons Make in ...

Just in case you thought stitching yourself up was hard: Plastic surgeon Chen Weinong in Taiwan made men of the world wince after giving himself a vasectomy on camera, as seen in Instagram footage ...

For example, finding a lump earlier may mean a patient's treatment course will involve a lumpectomy instead of a more intense surgery such as a mastectomy. One challenge of increased screening ...

Surgeons have removed a previously inoperable brain tumour from a patient by performing keyhole surgery through her eye socket. Mother-of-three Ruvimbo Kaviya, 40, had a meningioma removed from ...

Dr Mustafa Ali Abdulrahman Ibo and his colleagues bravely perform surgery under increasing bombardment in the last remaining hospital in el-Fasher, a city that has been under siege for the last ...

Though the demand for surgery remains, trusted surgeons -- particularly those in independent practices -- may soon be in short supply. According to the Association of American Medical Colleges ...

A surgeon in Austin, Texas, was in the middle of surgery when she was notified of a phone call from the patient’s insurance provider. Dr. Elisabeth Potter is a board-certified plastic surgeon ...

The University of Maryland School of Medicine is pledging to stand by a renowned Israeli trauma surgeon whose scheduled lecture to the school’s department of surgery was canceled this week due to ...