The nation’s largest professional organization for plastic surgeons recommended that gender-affirming surgeries be delayed until patients turn 19, changing the group’s stance on the politically charged issue and diverging from several other major medical organizations’ guidance.

Feb 3 (Reuters) - The American Society ‌of ​Plastic Surgeons issued a statement ‌on Tuesday recommending surgeons delay gender-related breast or chest, genital ​and facial surgery until a patient is at least 19 years of age, citing a ‍lack of evidence supporting the procedure's ​benefits.

TODAY co-anchor Savannah Guthrie and her doctor give a close-up of her vocal chord surgery, recovery and her emotional new voice reveal.

A shocking diagnosis led a writer to focus on the dispassionate medical details, until his body jolted him into confronting what he hadn’t.

Leah Jay — an Australian content creator living in Austin, Texas — had to have surgery to remove a “large bacterial growth” in her heart

A pregnant influencer is opening up about a terrifying medical ordeal. Leah Jay, a content creator who lives in Austin, Texas, revealed that she went to doctors to remove a blood clot in her leg before learning that she needed major surgery — during which her heart would be stopped for 80 minutes.

Learn about surgical options for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), including septal myectomy, septal ablation, and heart transplants.