Doctors have urged people to keep an eye on the symptoms of penile cancer, a less common type that can lead to partial or ...

Lindsey Vonn credited her doctor with saving her leg from amputation in an Instagram video posted Monday, going in-depth on the severity of the injury she suffered in her devastating crash at the ...

Chronic wounds often spiral out of control because oxygen can’t reach the deepest layers of injured tissue. A new gel developed at UC Riverside delivers a continuous flow of oxygen right where it’s ...

“It's very serious and not to be taken lightly," said Manjit Sangha after the medical emergency Vanessa Etienne is a Staff Writer for PEOPLE on the Health team. She joined the brand in 2021. GoFundMe ...

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) can lead to serious complications, including lower‑limb amputations. An updated interactive heat map showed PAD‑related amputation rates across the US, stratified by ...

SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio has earned a troubling distinction as the diabetic foot amputation capital of the world. This alarming title has one local doctor concerned about the health crisis unfolding ...

A surgeon with a “sexual obsession” for cutting off parts of his body had his own legs amputated as part of an insurance scam, officials in the UK said on Thursday. Doctor Neil Hopper, 49, submerged ...

Veronica Paulus is a former STAT intern supported by the Harvard University Institute of Politics. Neuroscientists have long held that the brain reorganizes itself when a body part is amputated. A new ...

Our brain may not be as capable of rewiring following an amputation as we thought, which could have serious implications for how we treat a common complication called phantom limb pain. A part of the ...

The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain – have been assembled in fits and starts over the 4 billion years of our ...

When Tracey White started feeling pain in her right foot after a half marathon in the spring of 2021, she thought it was just normal soreness from the race. But the ailments kept escalating. In May ...

Testicular cancer is highly curable, with cure rates over 90%, and early detection is crucial for successful treatment. Common treatments include orchiectomy, with chemotherapy or radiation for ...