The age-old practice of applying antiseptic to skin prior to surgery on closed fractures could soon shift after a study, published Feb. 1, in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that iodine in ...

LONDON – Patients going for surgery should bathe or shower beforehand but their surgical site should not be shaved, and antibiotics should be used to prevent infections before and during surgery, but ...

Brain surgery can be performed on women without the need for head shaving, George Washington University’s Dr. Jonathan M. Williams told the International College of Surgeons in Chicago last week.

Doctors at the UCLA Gender Health Program have developed a technique to reduce an Adam's apple bump without leaving a scar on the patient's neck. The advance could be an important and welcome one for ...

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