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A study of infections and other complications treated by the NHS shows that going to Turkey for cheap surgery could cost you ...

Pneumonia — not deep incision surgical site infections — is the most common serious infection after heart surgery, according to research presented at the American Heart Association‘s Scientific ...

Staphylococci pathogens were found on more than half of cardiac patients with major postoperative infections, according to research published in the American Journal of Infection Control. Researchers ...

Court filings in Florida show patients staying in recovery houses and hotels have died or suffered untreated complications.

Advances in antiretroviral therapies, particularly highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), have markedly improved the life expectancy of individuals living with HIV. Consequently, an increasing ...

OSN Cornea/External Disease Board Member Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, and a panel of experts examined a series of unusual ...

While the risk-adjusted coronary artery bypass graft surgery mortality rate decreased 9.2 percent from 2008 to 2009, the rate of infection increased 11.1 percent (not risk-adjusted) in the same time ...

Laser gum surgery offers a minimally invasive alternative to traditional scalpel-based procedures, significantly reducing ...

Pop star Jessie J has opened up about a recent health scare that led to her unexpected return to the hospital. Just weeks after undergoing surgery for early-stage breast cancer, the “Bang Bang” singer ...