Former US vice president Dick Cheney was to have elective back surgery on Thursday for lumbar spinal stenosis, a common source of back and leg pain in older people, a spokeswoman said. Cheney went to the George Washington University Hospital to have the procedure, which was to be performed by Anthony Caputy, Chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery, said Lucy ...

US Vice President Dick Cheney's treatment for an abnormal heart rhythm "went smoothly and without complication" and he has returned home and resumed his normal schedule, his office said Wednesday. "An electrical impulse was delivered to restore the heart to normal rhythm. The procedure went smoothly and without complication," spokeswoman Megan Mitchell said in a statement. Cheney, whose doctors ...