Black men have a higher death rate within 30 days of surgery compared with any other subgroup of race and sex, finds a study of adults in the United States published in The BMJ. This inequality in ...

August 23, 2012 (Toronto, Ontario) — Although current guidelines recommend that patients who receive a drug-eluting stent (DES) wait a year before undergoing elective surgery, a new study hints that ...

Elective sigmoid resection for patients with recurrent, complicated, or persistent painful diverticulitis yielded a better quality of life and prevented recurrences compared with nonsurgical ...

Researchers examined elective surgeries and found children of color are between 40% and 60% less likely to have procedures. Delaying an elective surgery can lead to more health problems and worsened ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Published results showed Black men had the highest ...

Older adults with serious illness before elective surgery are at double the risk of extended hospital stays, readmissions, emergency department visits and costs, a new study has found. Targeting four ...