At 39, I've never had a cavity, and my doctor used to say my mouth was boring. But I was born with thin gum tissue, and my gums started to recede gradually. I had gum-graft surgery to avoid an exposed ...

Redessa Shaw always hated the small humps of excess fat above her hips, so she decided two years ago that she wanted them gone. Simply removing the excess fat via liposuction would have left the ...

Q: What is bone grafting? A: Bone grafting refers to a procedure to replace bone where it is missing or is inadequate using a variety of materials. Bone grafting can be used to reconstruct defects of ...

A newly approved medicinal cream made from pineapples could be a “game changer” for burn patients, doctors say. At Stony Brook Medicine’s burn center in New York, doctors recently started using ...

The use of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT), either with clopidogrel or ticagrelor (Brilinta; AstraZeneca), appears to reduce the risk of failing saphenous vein grafts among patients who undergo CABG ...

Mussels have long been known for the adhesive they produce, which allows them to cling to rocks. The protein responsible has now been utilized in a new skin grafting technique, which reportedly ...