• By age 80, over half of all Americans have cataracts. • Close to 4 million cataract surgeries are performed in the U.S. every year. • Over 90% of patients have 20/20 vision with glasses after ...

As the number of cesarean sections has increased over the past 30 years, a faster surgical closure technique has gained widespread use but may increase long-term complications.

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For almost a decade, the NBC6 Investigators have been documenting complications and deaths related to popular plastic surgery procedures at different clinics and outpatient surgery centers in South ...

Er’mias Mitchell was allegedly transported to a local hospital without his parents present, and died before they could reach him The North Carolina Dental Board has said it will "fully investigate" ...

Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22. They call it “failure to rescue,” which means a ...