A serious gameday tear to the hamstring set Lia Winter’s high school sports career on a detour – one that felt devastating at the time but that also helped route her toward a career as a budding ...

Uncontrolled bleeding during surgery can cause death. What if, instead of slow surgical stitching, you could rapidly glue a wound together? A new "bio-glue" -- an experimental adhesive gel that is ...

In a study of almost 700 pregnant women who received a cervical stitch designed to prevent preterm labor, the use of one type of suture over another was associated with three times higher risk of ...

ATLANTA — Tony Hansberry isn't your typical 15-year-old. While most teens his age are out of school for summer break, the magnet school student spent the day demonstrating a surgical stitching ...

audio: Author Phillip Bennett offers insights into preterm birth and explains cervical cerclage, a procedure that places a stitch around the cervix to prevent premature labor in at-risk women. This ...