Is surgery for prostate cancer considered an elective procedure? The Defense Department has described Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s surger y to treat his prostate cancer on Dec. 22 as an “elective ...

Empty hospital bed. — Image by © Tim Sandle. Empty hospital bed. — Image by © Tim Sandle. Research recently compiled shows the list of top ten health ...

The most common elective procedure that older patients are considering is a major joint surgery, according to a Jan. 30 study published in the JAMA Network. The study surveyed U.S. adults aged 50 to ...

Around 39 percent of patients waiting for elective orthopedic surgery had their procedure cancelled at least once, some several times, according to a study published in Patient Safety in Surgery. The ...

The most common elective surgical procedure for older adults was major joint surgery, according to a recent study. The study, published Jan. 30 in JAMA Network Open, surveyed 2,110 adults 50- to ...

Hospitals want one main thing before an executive order takes effect Friday, Dec. 3. "We just need guidance from the [state] Department of Health in terms of exactly what the order means," Ray Agnew, ...

Plastic surgeon Dr. Michael K. Obeng tells PEOPLE the risks of elective surgery after an autopsy report revealed country singer Hank Williams Jr.’s wife died from a complication during liposuction ...

During the COVID-19 pandemic in Mississippi in 2020 and 2021, nonurgent elective procedures requiring hospitalization were halted three times to preserve the state’s hospital resources. To evaluate ...

On April 17, 2020, Texas Governor, Gregg Abbot signed Executive Order GA-15 which extended, with some modifications, Executive Order GA-09 which prohibits certain non-emergency surgeries and ...

At the White House Task Force Press Briefing on Wednesday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced that all elective surgeries, nonessential medical, surgical, and dental procedures ...

On Friday in Virginia, for the first time since March 25, elective surgeries were allowed to proceed in the Commonwealth. Gov. Ralph Northam announced last week that he would not extend the executive ...