A total diet replacement program before colorectal cancer surgery appears feasible and safe for patients with excess weight and improves certain patient-reported symptoms.

Our commentator is continuing his medical education at a hospital, where patients awaiting surgery are subjects of various questions and checklists. The queries get redundant, but the procedure is ...

Policy-makers are being urged to take notice of a study that confirms that undertaking a short program of high intensity interval training before surgery can substantially help with recovery.

The Pre-Operation (Pre-Op) Clinic at Huntsman Cancer Institute provides patients who are planning to have surgery access to services that help with physical, emotional, and financial issues. The goal ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Given the questionable legal status of abortion in many states, hospitals are urged to reconsider their mandatory perioperative pregnancy tests, speakers advised here at the American ...

Michael Kim works for Keck USC School of Medicine. The opioid epidemic has been wreaking misery and death across the nation for years. In 2017 alone, opioid overdoses killed more than 47,000 people – ...

People might have to take a step back from their normal exercise routine after having surgery, but modified movements are encouraged during the healing process. While each surgery presents different ...