How a Lucrative Surgery Took Off Online and Disfigured Patients More surgeons are opting for a complicated hernia repair that they learned from videos on social media showing shoddy techniques.
New A.I. Tool Diagnoses Brain Tumors on the Operating Table A new study describes a method for faster and more precise diagnoses, which can help surgeons decide how aggressively to operate.
Maui Fire Victim Dies After 7 Weeks in Burn Unit Laurie Allen had to run through a wall of flame to escape the August wildfire. Doctors went to extraordinary lengths to try to save her.
Genetically Modified Pig’s Heart Is Transplanted Into a Second Patient The first patient to receive such an organ died after two months. “At least now I have hope,” the second recipient said before the surgery.
How Much Do Patients Need to Know About a Potentially Risky Treatment? An unapproved product made from umbilical cord blood was used at a prominent New York hospital. After an F.D.A. warning came an internal complaint: Patients should have been told.