Obesity

More Americans Are Getting Bariatric Surgeries

Study shows as more Americans become obese number of laparoscopic bariatric surgeries significantly increased and inhospital mortality rate has dropped.

Washington University surgeons successfully use artificial lung in toddler

Two-year-old Owen Stark came to St. Louis Children's Hospital in the summer of 2010 near death from heart failure and dangerously high blood pressure in his lungs.

Prostate Cancer

Radiation after prostate removal is cost-effective, but less likely to be recommended by urologists

Receiving radiation therapy immediately after a radical prostatectomy is a cost-effective treatment for prostate cancer patients when compared with waiting and acting on elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels, according to a new study by researchers at Thomas Jefferson University...

Arthritis

Joint replacement surgery riskier at hospitals with low surgical volume

Patients who undergo elective total hip or total knee arthroplasty at hospitals with lower surgical volume had a higher risk of venous thromboembolism and mortality following the procedure...