Pain in the shoulder can linger long after a rotator cuff tear heals on paper. Even after surgery, strength may not return.

Many women who undergo a mastectomy for breast cancer choose to have breast reconstruction using implants. While this can ...

Doctors in the U.S. perform nearly 800,000 total knee replacements every year, but some estimates indicate that up to 10% of patients may emerge from surgery with a new problem: arthrofibrosis or ...

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BOSTON—A new study by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), a founding member of the Mass General Brigham (MGB) healthcare system, reveals an important step to help the human heart ...

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When someone suffers a heart attack, their heart is left permanently scarred and thus less capable of pumping blood. According to a new study, however, a protein injection could help undo such damage.