Routine procedures such as splinter removal and wart treatment are increasingly billed as surgeries, leading to unexpected costs for patients. When George Lai of Portland, Oregon, took his toddler son ...

Two months after having a pacemaker implanted, Hall of Fame slugger Ted Williams will have open-heart surgery Monday in New York. A source close to Williams' family, speaking on condition of anonymity ...

During the height of the pandemic, with little else to occupy my time, I grabbed the leaf blower one day and cleared the pathway—just to break up the monotony of lockdown. I didn't bother putting on ...

A splinter in your foot is no fun. It can cause pain, especially when you put weight on the foot with the splinter. Of more concern, however, is that the splinter could have introduced bacteria or ...

Often, a person can remove a splinter at home using tweezers or duct tape. Applying some substances, such as Epsom salts or honey, may also help. Splinters are small fragments of material that become ...

Baking soda may draw out deeply embedded splinters by increasing osmotic pressure, causing the skin to swell and push the splinter to the surface. A splinter is a sliver of foreign material that gets ...

A splinter hemorrhage causes red or discolored streaks down the fingernail. The name refers to how a splinter hemorrhage resembles having a splinter underneath the nail. Share on Pinterest Unusual ...