A pilot program in six states will use a tactic employed by private insurers that has been heavily criticized for delaying and denying medical care. By Reed Abelson and Teddy Rosenbluth Like millions ...

What are telangiectasias and reticular veins? Telangiectasias (spider veins) are small dilated blood vessels near the skin surface measuring less than 1.0 mm in diameter. Reticular veins have a ...

What Is the Maze Procedure (Surgical Ablation)? If you have an irregular heartbeat caused by atrial fibrillation (AFib), you may need surgery to restore your normal heart rhythm. This is called the ...

A transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS for short) is a procedure meant to help blood flow more easily through your liver. It’s usually done to treat complications caused by liver damage ...

Brian T. Luong, DMD, is an orthodontist at Anaheim Hills Orthodontics and Santa Ana Orthodontics and Chief Dental Officer at Become Aligners. A dental crown is a tooth-shaped cap that replaces a ...

The authors probed Medicare Part B data to explore outpatient clinical procedures performed by physician associates and nurse practitioners and report the trends from 2014 through 2021. Objective: We ...

Electrophysiology (EP) procedures are crucial in diagnosing and treating various heart rhythm disorders. They involve a doctor placing thin catheters into the heart to assess its electrical activity.

A transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) procedure is a treatment method used to lower portal hypertension, or excessive pressure in your portal vein. This vein is responsible for ...

On Friday the Supreme Court overturned the right to abortion established almost 50 years ago in Roe v. Wade. The ruling triggers immediate bans in some states and major restrictions in others, ...

Despite advances in cancer treatment, pancreatic cancer still has a poor prognosis and has one of the lowest survival rates of any cancer. The Whipple procedure, also called a pancreaticoduodenectomy, ...

This feature mentions pregnancy loss, stillbirth, or both. Please read at your own discretion. Dilation and curettage, or D&C, is a procedure that doctors use to remove tissues from the uterus. It has ...