Before fighter pilots go into battle, they always do one thing first: practice. Fortunately, flight simulators have long allowed pilots to train and rehearse their complex missions in advance, so as ...

The age-old practice of applying antiseptic to skin prior to surgery on closed fractures could soon shift after a study, published Feb. 1, in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that iodine in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Overall, patients having total hip arthroplasty had an 11% positive culture rate. Positive culture rates were ...

Marathon runners know to carbo-load the night before a big run and the importance of replenishing electrolytes as they tick off miles. Being attuned to their bodies, exercise enthusiasts do what they ...

The plaintiff has lost nearly all of her vision, a process that started after a surgical preparation leaked into her eyes during neck surgery in 2014. James Poe, The Poe Law Firm, Atlanta. (Courtesy ...

Ankle replacement surgery, also known as total ankle arthroplasty (TAA), is a procedure designed to relieve pain and maintain motion and function in the ankle joint by replacing a damaged or arthritic ...

Most of us will be faced with the need for surgery at some point in our lives. Surgery may present some particular challenges in people who have lupus, so proper preparation is important. Although we ...

Colon cancer is a cancer that begins in the lining of the colon, which is another name for your large intestine. Health experts often use the term colorectal cancer to refer to cancer that’s in the ...

Mechanical bowel preparation alone was inferior to oral antibiotics and a combination of mechanical bowel preparation and oral antibiotics for preventing surgical site infection and other ...