In a study of U.S. patients who underwent major cancer operations, the incidence of suicide was significantly higher than that observed in the general population.

Patients feel better during wide-awake surgery when they're immersed in virtual reality, according to a new study.

"This study highlights the fact that even in 2022 if you’re not white, you don’t get the same therapies that white people do."

Bariatric surgery can reduce risk of heart disease for people with obesity, a new study shows.

Older Americans with frailty or dementia have higher death rates within a year after major surgery, a new study shows.

A tear in the aorta is still a dangerous emergency, but rates of survival once in the hospital have improved greatly since the 1950s, research finds.

Reductions in surgical procedures precipitated by SARS-CoV-2 have not fully returned to their pre-pandemic levels, resulting in severe backlogs and deferred surgeries.

US adults who get weight-loss surgery are more than twice as likely to get married or divorced within five years.

Fish oil may be an effective way to ease delirium and instances of inflammation after surgery, a study with mice shows.