The FDA gave premarket approval to the first medical device for the treatment of women with symptomatic moderate-to-severe intrauterine adhesions, known as Asherman syndrome, maker Womed announced on ...

The immune system’s foreign body response is important for keeping us healthy – but it’s not so useful when that foreign body is a medical implant. Researchers at MIT have now developed a device that ...

After undergoing a partial mastectomy, scar tissue caused pain and stiffness. Then, I found a simple exercise that helped immensely. As a 20-year breast cancer survivor, I have always had scar tissue ...

Minimally invasive surgery has revolutionized the way surgical interventions are conducted in modern medicine. Offering ...

Scarring of heart tissue can be slowed but not stopped, and can lead to heart failure. But a new study has shown that an existing immunotherapy could stop scar tissue formation after heart attacks.

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 ...

Researchers have designed a new device, which doesn't rely on immunosuppressing drugs, may assist efforts to develop an artificial pancreas to treat diabetes. Implantable devices that release insulin ...

If you've ever experienced debilitating knee pain that prevented you from walking or moving, you understand the importance of healthy knees. The knee is a hinge joint, made up of complex structures ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Implantable devices that release insulin into the body hold promise as an alternative way to treat diabetes without insulin injections or cannula insertions. However, one obstacle ...