Recently, an editorial in Nature highlighted a trend that surgeon interest in conducting research is decreasing in the U.S. The article cited two recent studies that document this trend and called for ...

“As a nation and as a world, we have to reject the current dogma that surgery is not part of global health,” said Sherry Wren, Stanford Medical Center professor of general surgery, during her TEDx ...

The rate of high-risk surgical operations for back pain increased 15-fold in five years, and researchers studying the trend say that it may be harming more than helping some patients. The study ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a physician and behavioral scientist at Duke University. This article is more than 10 years old. I expect most of us agree ...

July 18, 2012 (Baltimore, Maryland) — Patients who underwent multiple anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructive surgeries were able to regain basic function, according to findings presented here ...