LAS VEGAS — Late at night, on long drives around his Indiana hometown, Eli Mattern would ask God why he made the teenager the way he was. The high schooler’s 5-foot-7 stature — 2 inches below the ...

Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) has named Austin T. Fragomen, MD, as Chief of the Limb Lengthening and Complex Reconstruction Service. Dr. Fragomen, who has devoted his entire medical career to HSS ...

At 5’7”, Alex considered himself short. The 26-year-old, who asked that his real name not be used to maintain his privacy, said he was sick of insults and jeering comments about his height. Shorter ...

Research findings show surgeons’ stress levels increase significantly with the duration of surgery and amount of blood loss during surgery, according to a study published in the Archives of Surgery.

A Colorado boy is now recovering from his seventh surgery. Over eight years ago, his father tried to kill both of them by crashing a car in Centennial. Isaiah Weitzel was just two years old at the ...