Surgery

Most patients who are prescribed opioids after surgery don't take all of the prescribed pills, leaving leftover opioids that could be used inappropriately, a new review of studies finds.

A 21-year-old woman who was shot in the face as a teenager has become the youngest person in the United States to receive a face transplant.

For the first time, researchers have pieced together a detailed story of John F. Kennedy's back pain.

Rob Spence, a documentary filmmaker in Canada, has a prosthetic eye fitted with a camera, and calls himself the Eyeborg.

Gut health affects everyone, whether they have a chronic condition or an occasional tummy ache.

Studies in mice have garnered attention for a remarkable result: When the feces of one mouse was transplanted to another mouse, the recipient mouse either gained or lost weight.

The first time many patients in the United States take prescription opioid painkillers is following surgery.

While the procedure was underway, the team constantly monitored the fetus's heart.