Transplanting the face of a deceased person onto that of a living person might seem like something out of a science-fiction movie, but it’s not. The procedure, which actually does not include the entire face …

No more gifts or freebies for Massachusetts doctors from pharmaceutical companies, that is what Senate President Therese Murray is proposing. The ban would make Massachusetts the first state in the country to ban such gifts …

In the most comprehensive study of its kind ever, doctors studied 4,000 women aged 25 to 84, to determine the extent of a cluster of disorders generally thought to be age related. In order …

A California doctor is in court fighting for his freedom in a case that involves the life and death of a disabled young man whose organs were to be harvested for transplanting.

Yvonne Sullivan endured a very problematic pregnancy only to lose her newborn son during a traumatic premature birth last July. Blood poisoning and septic shock caused Sullivan, 28, to lapse into a coma that …

Seven years ago, a careless error in the operating room resulted in permanent damage to an otherwise healthy mother, Angelique Sutcliffe. She had been giving birth to her daughter and began having very routine …

Obese children are far more likely than normal-weight children to have breathing related problems during surgery, finds a study from the University of Michigan Health System published in the March issue of the journal Anesthesiology. …

Lumbar spinal stenosis is the most common reason for spinal surgery in patients, but its effectiveness compared with nonsurgical treatment methods has never been explored until now. Researchers at Dartmouth Medical School, and colleagues, reported …