Thirty years after doctors stopped performing lobotomies to treat mental illness, epilepsy and even chronic headaches, relatives of patients who suffered after undergoing the procedure want the Nobel ...

There’s a growing pushback against the practice of transgender surgery on minors at the state level. And it now appears Supreme Court justices are also questioning state-level efforts to silence ...

In the U.S., lobotomies are no longer used as surgery to treat psychiatric problems. Some other types of psychosurgery are still performed when other treatments have failed. Few medical procedures in ...

The story of Henry Molaison is a sad one. Known as Patient H.M. to the medical community, he lost the ability to create memories after he underwent a lobotomy to treat his seizures. He did earn a ...

DES MOINES - Nearly 60 years later, it's hard to understand why a doctor performed life-altering brain surgery on Dick Meredith, a young man with relatively mild mental problems. Meredith, who died in ...

Rosemary Kennedy inspired sister Eunice Kennedy Shriver to create the Special Olympics Rosemary Kennedy was the eldest daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy and his wife, Rose. For many years, the story of ...

(CNN) -- Howard Dully was 12 years old when he was told he was going to the hospital for some tests. "I remember having big black swollen eyes one day and staying in the hospital for a few days ...

(CNN) -- Howard Dully was 12 years old when he was told he was going to the hospital for some tests. "I remember having big black swollen eyes one day and staying in the hospital for a few days ...