Researchers said there is an ‘urgent need’ for multi-centre trials to support wider implementation of prehabilitation.

Each year, 40 million anesthetics are administered in the US—and consumers are realizing they have insurance coverage ...

As a healthcare journalist for nearly three decades, Mark Taylor knows our healthcare system is not only dysfunctional, but sickly. “There is pain, fear, anger and resentment over its many flaws,” he ...

At least one elective surgery was postponed at Auckland Hospital last week and it is feared other surgeries could be affected because of a reduction in staff booking them.

An internal study of New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery's Lifestyle Medicine Program found it was effective for elective orthopedic surgery patien ...

Cartilage cells that contain fat explain why some skeletal tissues are less rigid than others, and could one day be grown in ...

Not having surgery is an option. Hip replacement surgery is an elective treatment that people can choose to have if the timing is right for them. People who have severe arthritis of the hip but ...

The Green Bay Packers (11-5) suffered a major blow to their Super Bowl hopes. Their Pro Bowl, No. 1 cornerback Jaire Alexander underwent a scope on his knee on Tuesday, per ESPN, to deal with a ...

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she is en route to Washington after recently undergoing a hip replacement surgery in Germany following a fall in Luxembourg last month.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was released today (Thursday) from Hadassah Medical Center after having surgery to remove his prostate earlier this week. The Prime Minister's doctors said upon ...

Surgery has reportedly never been on the table for Toronto Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews, who's been dealing with a lingering upper-body injury since the beginning of November. The 27-year ...