Stapling of hemorrhoids -- a relatively new and increasingly popular procedure -- is associated with a higher risk of recurrence and prolapse than conventional hemorrhoid removal surgery, ...

A new procedure may means less pain and a quicker recovery for hemorrhoid sufferers. Hemorrhoids are a cluster of veins that can swell due to constipation or pregnancy. Darla Fisher said she first ...

Doctors are testing a new kind of obesity surgery without any cuts through the abdomen, snaking a tube as thick as a garden hose down the throat to snap staples into the stomach. The experimental, ...

This procedure, under clinical trials at nine centers across the country, achieves the stomach-reducing results of the normal stapling procedure, but does it using a special tool passed down through ...

LOS ANGELES -- An 820-pound man who arrived at a Los Angeles-area hospital in a rented panel truck -- the only vehicle that could accommodate his girth -- said he was doing well Friday after surgeons ...

The first long-term studies of stomach stapling and other radical obesity treatments show that they not only lead to lasting weight loss but also dramatically improve survival. The results are ...