Looks like "Indecent" really does deserve that new lease on life. The play, which had been set to close June 25 despite winning two Tony Awards, surged at the Broadway box office last week - making it clear why producers gave the show a reprieve just three days before what would have been its final...

A new microscope could provide accurate real-time results during cancer-removal surgeries, potentially eliminating the 20 to 40 percent of women who have to undergo multiple lumpectomy surgeries because cancerous breast tissue is missed the first time around.

About 20 percent of children develop persistent pain after surgery, and a new study showed that poorer night-time sleep quality was significantly associated with greater next-day pain intensity over four months after surgery.

The winning rescue dog has undergone many eye surgeries to help him see.

Despite being designed to more effectively manage care and control costs, black patients enrolled with Medicare Advantage are far more likely to be readmitted to the hospital after a surgery than those enrolled on traditional Medicare, research shows. Furthermore, significant disparities continue to exist in readmission rate between black and white Medicare patients.

Up until now, the removal of bowel tumors in the lesser pelvis (rectal cancers) involved a major, generally invasive operation. This operation can now be done in a much gentler way using an innovative procedure, robotic surgery. Thanks to a better three-dimensional view of the operating area and robotic instruments that allow highly accurate surgery to be performed in the anatomically constricted space of the lesser pelvis, surgical trauma and incisions for the operation can be kept to a minimum, while, at the same time, achieving excellent surgical results.

As warm and more humid air surges northward, the risk of thunderstorms and severe weather will ramp up over parts of the central United States this week.

Cam Newton throws for 1st time since surgery

Despite being designed to more effectively manage care and control costs, black patients enrolled with Medicare Advantage are far more likely to be readmitted to the hospital after a surgery than those enrolled on traditional Medicare, research shows. Furthermore, significant disparities continue to exist in readmission rate between black and white Medicare patients.

Both companies’ stock surged Monday morning on the news.