Johnson & Johnson today announced that the company has submitted the OTTAVA™ Robotic Surgical System to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in an application for De Novo classification.

Background: Inguinal hernia affects approximately 27% of men and 3% of women, with prevalence rising markedly after age 65 due to weakened abdominal walls and comorbidities such as chronic obstructive ...

The women in my family are hardy, to put it lightly. They have shaken off countless illnesses and powered through pregnancies. They’ve managed this in spite of questionable lifestyle choices (let’s ...

Around the world, women on average live longer than men. This striking pattern holds true across nearly all countries and historical time periods. Although the gap between the sexes has narrowed in ...

Ankylosing spondylitis affects women more often than previously thought. In the past, AS was believed to more commonly affect men, but newer research suggests the rates may be nearly equal between the ...

Suki Waterhouse recently said that she got a hernia from wearing tight pants. This is far from the only surprising way people can develop a hernia. The health issue needs to be corrected with surgery.

The Grey Sloan doctors stayed on call for this one. When Denzel Washington directed an episode of the long-running medical drama “Grey’s Anatomy,” some of the female actors were ready to get to ...

The study measured “rank” within the bonobo communities by tallying how many times females won conflicts with males. Females usually came out on top. Photograph by Christian Ziegler By banding ...

An inguinal hernia occurs when tissue pushes through a weak spot in the abdominal wall near where your abdomen meets your thigh. It’s less common in women because this area is smaller in females.

Hernias can be an unnerving manifestation of the body’s wear and tear, creating a sudden bulge in the groin or abdomen when part of an internal organ or tissue—such as the intestine—pushes through the ...

The American Quilter’s Society refused to show two artworks in an exhibition centered around the color red after claiming they could be controversial, according to the artists and the Studio Art Quilt ...