UChicago Medicine is using a new technology to destroy liver tumors without radiation, chemotherapy or even cutting the skin. Called histotripsy, it destroys tumors using sound waves. Amber Sikes was ...

For decades, breaking someone’s legs to make them taller was a brutal solution for children born with one leg shorter than the other or patients recovering from catastrophic injuries. Now, more and ...

An esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) is a procedure that helps diagnose and treat conditions of the upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract. During the EGD procedure, a doctor passes an endoscope, a camera ...

A little-known type of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) arises as an aftereffect of a traumatic surgery or medical procedure. Imagine waking up from anesthesia during a surgical procedure, ...

The first cochlear implant procedure in North Alabama has been performed at Crestwood Medical Center, hospital officials said ...