A bundle of protocols including patient education, skin prep, and glove changes reduced infections at a large US surgical ...

In the U.S., one in eight women will get breast cancer in their lifetime, and about half of them will have mastectomies. Many of those women opt to have their breasts surgically reconstructed, most ...

Leah Jay — an Australian content creator living in Austin, Texas — had to have surgery to remove a “large bacterial growth” ...

Surgery soon after diagnosis of a heart infection eliminated the incidence of strokes and repeat infections, researchers said in a presentation at the American Heart Association‘s Scientific Sessions ...

Infection control and prevention is especially difficult for orthopedic surgeons because they are often implanting artificial devices into the patient. “If patients develop an infection, it could mean ...

The Barcelona woman thanked the donor, saying she “gave me a part of her life so that I could live” ...

Advances in antiretroviral therapies, particularly highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), have markedly improved the life expectancy of individuals living with HIV. Consequently, an increasing ...

"The last few weeks have been the scariest and most eye-opening of my life," Australian content creator Leah Ramsey wrote on ...

Credit: Getty Images Preventing sepsis after surgery should include screening before the surgery, close monitoring after surgery, and teaching patients how to recognize the signs of sepsis. Our ...

Alicia Beveridge, a 41-year-old fitness instructor, tells PEOPLE about her procedure and long road to recovery ...

Poor aftercare can cause post-surgical complications, such as inflammation or infection. If you recently had a cataract ...

Adam Scherr (former WWE star Braun Strowman) remains hospitalized due to the infection he’s dealing with, but he should be ...