A new procedure may means less pain and a quicker recovery for hemorrhoid sufferers. Hemorrhoids are a cluster of veins that can swell due to constipation or pregnancy. Darla Fisher said she first ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While a "stapling" operation for severe hemorrhoids may be less painful and easier to recover from than actual surgical removal, which has been considered the "gold ...

The spinal stapling procedure takes two hours. During surgery, inch-long staples made of a high-tech temperature-sensitive metal alloy are implanted using a camera called a thoracoscope. Children with ...

CHICAGO (AP) - June 3, 2009 The experimental, scar-free procedure creates a narrow passage that slows the food as it moves from the upper stomach into the lower stomach, helping patients feel full ...