For centuries, historians argued about whether ancient surgeons actually used painkillers or simply let patients endure the ...

To mitigate this danger, Ming Dynasty physicians developed elaborate pharmaceutical recipes to process the raw tuberous roots. Historical texts indicate that these toxic plants were boiled in vinegar, ...

Autoclaves, which are used to sterilize medical tools, require a steady supply of hot, pressurized steam. Researchers have come up with a way to generate that steam passively, using just the power of ...

Decorative scrolls in the scalpel handle found among the Roman medical tools, London, United Kingdom EXETER, ENGLAND—Newsweek reports that researchers led by Rebecca Flemming of the University of ...

In the past few months, 11 people in Los Angeles who underwent surgical procedures using a device called a duodenoscope got sick---infected with a so-called superbug called CRE, carbapenem-resistant ...

The history of the hypodermic needle might make you wince. The first hypodermic needles looked nothing like the thin, sleek syringes of today. They were long, thick, pointed metal that would terrify ...

Wrapping up Q1 earnings, we look at the numbers and key takeaways for the surgical equipment & consumables - diversified stocks, including CONMED (NYSE:CNMD) and its peers.

The treatment and management of many conditions and diseases require the use of medical equipment. When these items are not intended to be thrown away after use — think a wheelchair that' ...

An invention called the solarclave could help prevent the millions of annual infections that result from improperly cleaned medical equipment. Photo by Oara Neumann The autoclave—a device that ...