A Portuguese woman who had abnormal vaginal bleeding for three months went to her gynecologist for a checkup — only to learn her birth control implant had dislodged from her upper arm and made its way ...

If you want to control a robot with your mind — and really, who doesn’t? — you currently have two options. You can get a brain implant, in which case your control over the robot will be smooth and ...

LONDON – A paralyzed man was able to feed himself for the first time in eight years, after doctors implanted sensors in his brain that sent signals to his arm. Bill Kochevar was paralyzed from the ...

One of the most stunning examples of the promise of brain implants is shown in a video in which a paralyzed person controls a robotic arm with nothing but her thoughts. The technology alone is ...

A tiny implant that prevents HIV infection for as long as a year has shown promise in its first-ever human trial. The implant could one day provide a favorable alternative to pills taken every day.

Doctors have described the rare case of a woman who underwent surgery after a contraceptive implant moved from her arm to her lung. An unnamed woman visited her doctor because she had experienced ...

Opioid addiction is a serious problem that requires the attention of the medical community. To illustrate the significance of the problem, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated “since ...

Opioid addiction is a serious problem that requires the attention of the medical community. To illustrate the significance of the problem, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention stated “since ...

In what could eventually become a milestone for HIV prevention, very preliminary tests of an implant containing a new drug suggest that it may protect against infection for a full year. The new ...

In December 2011, Heather Rendulic awoke to a pricking, tingling feeling on the left side of her body. She later learned that a cluster of weak, tightly packed blood vessels near the base of her skull ...