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Health Isabella Cueto

Moving xenotransplantation research into human trials will require adjusting our expectations, researchers say

Health Lauran Neergaard and Carla K. Johnson — Associated Press

First person to receive a pig heart transplant dies after two months

Video Chat Gideon Gil

Virtual Event – ‘Augmented’: The future of brain-controlled prosthetic limbs

Health Isabella Cueto

By altering the blood type of lungs, researchers raise the possibility of universal organs for transplants

A STAT Investigation Usha Lee McFarling

The whitest specialty: As medicine strives to close its diversity gaps, one field remains a stubborn outlier

Health Tech Isabella Cueto

A new surgical robot is smaller, nimbler, and cheaper, its maker claims. But will it be better for patients?

Health Isabella Cueto

Black children have more complications during appendectomies and incur higher costs, study shows

First Opinion Mark G. Shrime

NIH needs to create a National Institute of Surgery

Health Matthew Orr and Gideon Gil

Watch: After nearly dying in Iraq, a veteran volunteers for a surgical first to ‘help the next troops’

Health Gideon Gil

‘I can still feel it’: Groundbreaking arm amputation surgery makes a ‘phantom’ hand seem real

Health Claudia López Lloreda

Elective surgeries are being delayed again. Doctors want to handle it differently this time

Health Kevin Lin

How a 3D-printed graft could speed healing of ruptured eardrums

Health Elizabeth Cooney

Organ donations held almost steady during the pandemic, as the U.S. transplant system scrambled to keep going

Health Tech Katie Palmer

The success of a novel scoliosis surgery hinges on when growth spurts hit. Can new tools better predict them?

In the Lab Megan Molteni

In mouse experiments, scientists unlock the key to scar-free skin healing

Health Theresa Gaffney

Black children are more likely to die after surgery than white counterparts, new study finds

First Opinion Jason C. Pradarelli

What Tom Brady and Beyoncé can teach surgeons: Coaching can keep you sharp

First Opinion Eric C. Sun and Anupam B. Jena

‘Overlapping surgery’ is safe for most patients, but not all

Health Christina Jewett — Kaiser Health News

Despite red flags at California surgery centers, accreditors award gold seals

First Opinion Christopher Hartnick

Taking risks in pursuit of innovation is good. So is preparing for it

First Opinion Matt Beane — The Conversation

Young doctors struggle to learn robotic surgery and often practice in the shadows

Health Andrew Joseph

With bariatric surgery, a patient’s starting weight makes a difference, study finds

Health Eric Boodman

‘It seemed like I had climbed Mount Everest’: A rough year after daring cancer surgery

Health Associated Press

Young brains and anesthesia: Big study suggests minimal risks

First Opinion Ahilan Sivaganesan, Matthew McGirt, Andrew Sumich and Clinton Devin

Oft-maligned spinal fusion surgery can make a real difference in patients