If you need to have both knees replaced, should you have them done simultaneously? An orthopedic surgeon explains the benefits and risks of bilateral replacement surgery.
Need Surgery? How to Cut Your Risk of Opioid Addiction
Whether surgeons are delivering a baby or removing gallstones, anesthesiologists are finding new ways to reduce the risk of opioid dependence after elective surgery. Here’s how.
Ear Infections in Kids: 5 Answers for Worried Parents
Is your little one tugging on an ear and acting cranky? It may be an ear infection. Our expert answers the five questions parents most often ask about children’s ear infections and ear tubes.
Excruciating Leg Pain? How to Relieve Your Sciatica
Do you have pain radiating down your leg, below the knee? Compression of your sciatic nerve can cause burning, shooting pain, weakness and numbness. Discover what causes sciatica and how to find relief.
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Is Anesthesia Safe for Your Child?
If your child needs surgery, you may be worried about anesthesia. You’re not alone. Find out what you need to know about managing the risks (and when to consider delaying surgery).
Surgery for Older Adults: Predicting How You’ll Do Afterward
Though we often think about diet and exercise as interventions to promote everyday life and healthiness, but these lifestyle choices also influence the concept of frailty, its relationship to surgical risk and the ability to tolerate surgery later in life.
Surgery Scheduled? How to Make the Most of Your Preadmission Appointment
Informed consent gives a physician the opportunity to talk to patients about what will happen during a procedure. But it includes patient questions and a checklist of specific topics.
Take These Steps for Safety When You’re Having Heart Surgery
Doctors and nurses should be asking you questions, taking your medical history and helping you get safely into and out of the operating room, through recovery and ultimately, back home.
How to Prepare for Your Child’s Anesthesia
If your child is facing surgery or needs a medical test that requires anesthesia, know what to expect. This can help put you and your child at ease.
Eyelid Lift and Brow Lift: What You Need to Know
Do you worry that the skin around your eyes is getting too saggy, baggy or wrinkled? An eyelid lift or brow lift are possible fixes for that. Learn more about your options.