Their study, published in the Journal of Surgical Research, found that patients who were aware of family members’ past ...

The history of surgery can be traced back to the Stone Age. Today, surgical methods have undergone countless revolutionary developments — and save innumerable lives every year.

An ancient skull found in a cave in Spain reveals evidence of ancient surgery attempts. The skull has a large dent that is partially healed, indicating an attempt at brain surgery that was halted. The ...

There are some stories that act like fractals. They contain intricate patterns that zoom down into finer and finer detail, so that in the end, what first seemed like a simple concept actually contains ...

Tommy John surgery has become so ubiquitous and the procedure so advanced, it is largely seen as little more than a nuisance for those who don’t have to endure the months of inactivity and then ...

Today marks the 50-year anniversary of one of the most important events in surgical history: On May 6, 1953, Dr. John Gibbon, a surgeon at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, performed the ...

Medical historian Lindsey Fitzharris is obsessed with mortality — and her new book examines the work of early surgeons The first time Lindsey Fitzharris saw a dead body, she was eight years old. Her ...

Aaaargh! I can't look! After Dr Michael Mosley charts the incredible history of surgery from butchery to brilliance, it's the butchery that stays with you. Especially as tonight's subject is the brain ...

People might attribute midnight bouts of chest pain or waves of nausea to food poisoning, stress or a stubborn case of ...