• 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Anthony Geary, who famously played Luke Spencer on General Hospital, has died due to a post-surgery complication, according to news reports. The 78-year-old soap star’s official cause of death is ...

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" ...

Lisa Marie Presley died after developing a small bowel obstruction, a severe complication of bariatric surgery years ago, according to an autopsy report released Thursday. Experts say these types of ...

For patients undergoing breast reconstruction, residing in a food desert may be associated with an increased risk of certain complications after surgery, according to a study appearing in Plastic and ...

Patients who smoked within a month of their cancer surgery had increased risks for complications compared with quitting for at least 4 weeks or never smoking. The risks for complications after cancer ...

Most surgical candidates, including many with prior thoracic or abdominal operations, can undergo minimally invasive ...

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is recovering after complications following elective surgery, and was admitted into a Washington D.C. hospital on Monday, the Pentagon said. "On the evening of January 1 ...