Editor’s note (April 22nd 2024): This article has been updated to clarify some details. OVER THE past 30 years I have worked in war zones around the world as a surgeon treating casualties resulting ...

That was the directive to doctors from the National Rifle Association in 2018, bluntly suggesting they shouldn't comment on firearm safety. This didn't sit well with Joseph Sakran, director of ...

In trauma care, we often say the only thing more tragic than death itself is a death that could have been prevented. As a trauma surgeon, I think about this often when treating patients with severe ...

Dmytro Androshchuk, MD, is a frontline trauma surgeon with the medical service of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. He recently co-authored a case series about outcomes for six soldiers who were ...

Miami's Ryder Trauma Center sees about 400 gunshot wound victims a year. On the night CBS News was at the hospital, doctors and nurses treated several patients with bullets embedded in their legs or ...