NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While a "stapling" operation for severe hemorrhoids may be less painful and easier to recover from than actual surgical removal, which has been considered the "gold ...

Stapling was introduced in the late 1990s, and in some small studies was shown to be less painful and faster to heal than conventional surgery. A few short-term studies -- with less than a year of ...

A new procedure may means less pain and a quicker recovery for hemorrhoid sufferers. Hemorrhoids are a cluster of veins that can swell due to constipation or pregnancy. Darla Fisher said she first ...

Protruding blood vessels from the anus, or hemorrhoids, can cause incredible discomfort for those who suffer from them, and standard procedures to treat them are often painful with long recovery times ...

NORTH HAVEN, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Covidien (NYSE: COV), a leading global provider of healthcare products, today announced that it is entering the hemorrhoidopexy market for the first time with EEA ...

Stapling hemorrhoids might heal faster and be less painful than surgically removing them, but they're also likely to come back, says Dr. Shiva Jayaraman Colquhoun, a general surgery resident at the ...

Dear Reader: Hemorrhoids are swollen veins in the anus. Internal hemorrhoids are located inside the anus but can sometimes push out through the opening of the anus. External hemorrhoids are located at ...