NAIROBI, Kenya, Feb 8 – A new non-surgical heart procedure is proving to be a game changer, especially for patients with critical underlying conditions. Traditionally, such patients were treated ...

Livers are transplanted as a result of cancer, cirrhosis and acute liver failurre. Liver transplant patients have the lowest rejection rate of all organ transplant receipients and we only need to ...

The cardiology team at Sunderland Royal Hospital carried out a treatment called "percutaneous coronary intervention" on two patients and, with their permission, beamed live footage to a conference ...

The patient had recently returned from Uganda, where there is currently community transmission of clade Ib mpox. This is the eight case of the infectious disease found in England. A UKHSA ...

The cytogenetics results revealed that the patient had a 46, XY karyotype and laboratory workup showed normal hormone levels. Testicular and scrotal ultrasound examination showed both testes in the ...

Sound Blade has developed a handheld ultrasound device it says can target and destroy cancerous and benign liver tumours. The non-invasive technique, called histotripsy, uses ultrasound waves to ...

Q: What key outcomes were reported after implementing point-of-care ultrasound? PS: We had two groups of patients during the trial: those who received care with Butterfly's point-of-care ...

A study shows that patients ... Procedures Eliminate Compensated Cirrhosis In Advancing Long-term) study was to examine the long-term outcomes of bariatric surgery on the risk of developing major ...

Young patients who have undergone the Ross procedure for aortic valve disease have shown excellent long-term survival, the majority without the need for additional surgery two decades later. These ...

According to NHS England, a retained foreign object post-procedure - meaning an object being left inside the patient after an operation when it should have been removed - is a ‘never event’.

Comedian Alan Carr has opened up about a harrowing "health scare" that left him fearing for his sight. The 48-year-old TV personality revealed that he underwent a procedure at a specialist eye ...

Hospital bosses have celebrated a decade of using robotic surgery - with thousands of patients undergoing procedures on organs including kidneys, bladders and prostate glands. The Royal Stoke ...