When asked “what is your surgical site infection rate?” one will get an answer that is almost certainly removed from reality. As a career academic surgeon, it has always been interesting to me how ...

People facing hip and knee replacement can go online and find out how often those surgeries go awry at hospitals across the country. They can look up a hospital’s death rates for stroke and heart ...

A large study published this month adds to the concerning body of research on COVID-19 complications and health effects. According to the new research that includes data for more than 70,000 patients ...

Whether it's through word of mouth or searching online, finding the best surgeon can often be a glorified guessing game for many patients. There has never been a way to see doctors' rates of ...

Patients have another searchable online tool for choosing a physician, this one reporting complication rates for eight elective surgical procedures by individual physician. ProPublica, an ...

The body is filled with all kinds of proteins that make up your tissues, muscles, and even blood. Over time or with certain injuries, some of these proteins can build up in places. When cataracts form ...

Coming up with a definition of a grand complication timepiece is almost as difficult as building one but several experts in the refined and complex discipline of haute horlogerie made such an attempt ...