People who do not tell surgeons that they smoke or consume weed could suffer a terrifying complication during surgery, doctors warn. Dr Kunal Sood, an anesthesiologist and pain specialist in Maryland, ...

Q I have read that for an accurate blood pressure reading, you should first sit in a comfortable chair with no talking or distractions for at least five minutes. But my doctors all slap on a cuff, ask ...

A man in Colorado who served prison time for performing plastic surgery without a license was found to have been practicing again. A man in Colorado who served prison time for performing plastic ...

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A doctor in the UK has been permanently struck off after uploading an image of himself performing brain surgery on a patient to a dating site where he was showing the patient’s exposed brain during ...

Insurance denied 18-year-old Nala White’s surgery for degenerative disc disease. After NBC News reached out, it was approved the next day. By the time she graduated high school, the back pain that ...

A Chicago rock climber was grounded by a scary medical issue — a cyst in her brain. But a friendly face in the operating room helped Sophie Lin get to the gym again. Lin is a geologist who loves to ...

When Dr. Surena Namdari prepares for surgery, he makes sures to prep the patient, his support team and the robot that will assist him in the operating room. Dr. Namdari is a shoulder and elbow surgeon ...

In Austin, Texas, Dr. Elisabeth Potter is trying to keep the doors of her surgery center open. She says not being able to get into Unitedhealthcare’s network could bankrupt the center and that she ...

The Kamchatka Governor will present the doctors with state awards for courage and dedication On July 29, an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Russia Footage shows a team of medics in ...

Dramatic video shows brave doctors calmly continuing to perform surgery as a powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake hit — rocking their operating theatre in Russia. The medics are seen clinging to the ...