When asked “what is your surgical site infection rate?” one will get an answer that is almost certainly removed from reality. As a career academic surgeon, it has always been interesting to me how ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is known to cause many and various potential difficulties, from common issues like fatigue and vision problems to less common ones like breathing problems and hearing loss.

The body is filled with all kinds of proteins that make up your tissues, muscles, and even blood. Over time or with certain injuries, some of these proteins can build up in places. When cataracts form ...

Coming up with a definition of a grand complication timepiece is almost as difficult as building one but several experts in the refined and complex discipline of haute horlogerie made such an attempt ...

Children may be more likely to survive a rare, potentially fatal influenza complication if they receive rapid treatment for brain swelling and extreme immune responses, a Stanford Medicine-led report ...

Graves’ disease is an autoimmune condition that causes hyperthyroidism, or too much thyroid hormone. Over time, high thyroid hormone levels can harm your heart, bones, skin, and eyes. Common ...