Artificial intelligence and robotics spell massive changes to the world of work. These technologies can automate new tasks, and we are making more of them, faster, better, and cheaper than ever before ...

A robot, trained for the first time by watching videos of seasoned surgeons, executed the same surgical procedures as skillfully as the human doctors. The successful use of imitation learning to train ...

Bariatric surgery is not a weight loss program for people who are mildly overweight. Bariatric surgery is designed to treat severely obese people who are 100 pounds or more overweight and their health ...

A deep strain is running through hospitals around the country. There are not enough surgeons, and the shortage is growing. Long hours, rising burnout and years of training have made it harder to keep ...

Bariatric surgery is a type of surgery that helps severely overweight people permanently lose weight. There are several types of bariatric surgery, but all of these surgeries help reduce your appetite ...

Jon LaPook, M.D. is the award-winning chief medical correspondent for CBS News. Since joining CBS News in 2006, LaPook has delivered more than 1,200 reports on a wide variety of breaking news and ...

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Background Annually, 4% of the global population undergoes non-cardiac surgery, with 30% of those patients having at least ...