Hysterectomy

This month you will likely see a lot of pink ribbons in celebration of breast cancer awareness month. Those ribbons are more than just decorations. Behind each one is a woman who has had to face the frightening diagnosis of breast cancer… and the...

A surgical team at Hartford Hospital performed the state's and New England's first da Vinci - or robotic-assisted single site hysterectomy on May 2. The patient's uterus was removed through one tiny incision in the belly button, making the procedure...

I am a 46-year-old woman, married and the mother of six children. I was doing a self-exam and came upon a small, hard "pea" in my right breast. I carry the BRCA1 gene mutation -- I was tested in 2009 after my mother had recurring breast cancer. I had...

New technology for identifying early stage ovarian cancer in uterine and cervical cells could have the potential to one day stem this often deadly disease, according to a recent study in the International Journal of Cancer. Using equipment that can...

When Angelina Jolie announced Tuesday that she had both breasts removed to cut her risk of cancer, experts across South Florida predicted the Hollywood superstar saved more lives than her own. In the age of genetic testing, more women with cancer-...

Barbara “Barb” Myers was a mother to many beyond her own family. When girls at Girls Inc. of Washington County, where she was a cook, found out she had pancreatic cancer, they flooded her mailbox with get-well cards. She was buried with...

I had spent all of six minutes with Julia Sweeney when I brought up adult braces. They're the worst, I said. I had them for two years, I said. They're the worst, I said again — this time with feeling. -------------------- This piece first ran...

To those who support "choice" at all costs: Read the grand jury report on Kermit Gosnell. He is the Philadelphia abortion doctor awaiting a verdict in his trial, where he is accused of murdering four babies allegedly born alive and killing 41-year-old...

There has been a lot of news about medical tests lately. Physicians are coming out against unnecessary testing and screenings to save patients time, money and health risks. As a senior, how do you know which tests or screenings you should have done, and...

It’s 6am. You woke up a few times throughout the night, so you don’t feel completely rested. As you slowly push yourself into an upright position, the ice cold air from the AC vent sweeps your skin but the heater might as well be on--you are...

South Florida has one of the world's largest populations of Ashkenazis — Jews of Central and Eastern European descent — making it home to some potentially groundbreaking medical research. In Boca Raton, the Parkinson's Disease and Movement...

An adoption case manager contacted detectives to report Jaime Suzanne Ritchhart had given them  paperwork indicating that she was pregnant and then signed a contract to place her expected child up for adoption. The case manager also told detectives that...