Simple leg pain can be a sign of a dangerous blood clot known as a deep vein thrombosis (DVT), which if left untreated can turn fatal by making its way up to the lungs, where it goes by the name pulmonary embolism, or PE.

Deep-vein thrombosis or DVT is caused by sitting rigidly for too long, which can cause a blood clot to form in a deep vein, usually in the calf, thigh or groin. In a bid to increase awareness of the condition, the government has launched a campaign to get patients and doctors to recognize the potential emergency

- A South African man was awarded $6,112 by a court after living with a surgical needle in his stomach for nine years.

Jacob Makeke, 48 was hospitalized after being kicked in the stomach by a cow while working as a farm laborer in 1996

University of Michigan researchers say that seniors living in impoverished areas are more likely to die after undergoing surgery than peers living in more affluent areas.

Lead study author Nancy Birkmeyer, Ph.D., an associate professor of surgery at the University of Michigan, and colleagues conducted the study

Thousands of Americans suffering from arthritis are being made to undergo unnecessary surgery.

According to a research by Brian Feagan of the University of Western Ontario, published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine, a comparison of 178 patients showed that those who underwent arthroscopy had no advantage over those who took medication and went through physical therapy

Commonly performed arthroscopic knee surgery for people suffering from osteoarthritis is no more effective than exercise, physiotherapy and pain killers, new Canadian research shows.

Researchers at the University of Western Ontario and the Lawson Health Research Institute in Canada say that the knee surgery doesn't reduce joint symptoms or improve its function as compared to nonsurgical treatment