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Pandemic 'exacerbated NHS struggle to meet demand'

NHS Scotland must treat at least 20% more non-emergency hospital cases over the next three years to eliminate the backlog caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new analysis involving the University of Strathclyde.

Plastic device aids robot-assisted heart surgery

Robot-assisted heart surgery usually requires an assistant at the operating table to help the surgeon insert the robot arm through a small incision. The assistant has to constantly make sure the surgeon has enough room to ...

Video: What is laryngeal chondrosarcoma?

You may have heard about a recent first at Mayo Clinic, a total larynx transplant. What you may not have heard was what precipitated that transplant. The patient developed a rare form of cancer called laryngeal chondrosarcoma.

Do you dislike your voice? You're not alone

In research published last month in The Laryngoscope, Dr. Matthew Naunheim and the team at Mass Eye and Ear surveyed 1,522 people to explore three unanswered questions in laryngology: