The museum's Hall of Immortals features 12 stone statues of important figures throughout medicine. "It starts with Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine, and goes through time ending with Marie Curie.

Nestled along Lake Shore Drive in the Gold Coast is an old mansion that resembles a French chateau. This isn’t Versailles. It’s Chicago’s International Museum of Surgical Science. Inside you’ll find ...

From the pioneering work of Galen on Roman gladiators to the latest advances in plastic surgery, this five-part series illustrates the evolution of surgical techniques—a story as much of mishaps and ...

Editor’s Note: This essay series is written by Mercy Street's medical, historical and technical advisor, Stanley B. Burns, MD of The Burns Archive. At the time of the Civil War, as a result of lax ...

Despite more than a decade of advancements in cardiac care and research, women still have a higher risk for death and adverse events after the heart surgery than men, a study of more than 1 million ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Women with a history of bariatric surgery gained less ...

On Friday, Tiger underwent lumbar disc replacement surgery in his L4/5 Lumbar spine for lower back symptoms. According to a ...