" Surgeons are celebrating a European first with five lifesaving transplant operations from two donors in 24 hours. In a stunning display of teamwork, NHS doctors and nurses gave hope to three seriously-ill...
" The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Thursday formally summoned three personalities in connection with the complaint filed by actress Katrina Halili against Hayden Kho in the now...
A Beverly Hills, CA cosmetic surgeon apparently used liposuction fat to power his car, and is now the subject of an inquiry by authorities. Dr. Craig Alan Bittner apparently carried out over 7.000...
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Are we going a bit far with using Lipo-Diesel? In a Traffic Jam?" A top Beverly Hills cosmetic surgeon says he used fat he removed from patients in liposuction operations to power his 'green' 4x4 car....
Reconstructive surgeon Dr. Maria Siemionow of Cleveland Clinic has just finished the nation's first near-total face transplant - 80% of the patient's face - with that of a dead female donor. The first partial face...
The best possible example of positive use of technology.The world is already facing the shortage of medical professionals, particularlt in underdeveloped world. The use of internet and mobile tech can solve this...
Maj. Farah Husain guesses she treated at least nine men for every female patient while deployed to Iraq in 2007. Still, the surgeon knows what a difference she made for those women. "They feel more comfortable...
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"RUSSELLVILLE, Alabama (AP) -- A family dog brought home a child's severed foot, but searchers combing surrounding woods in northwest Alabama found no signs of any other remains and don't know where the child might be. ...
A 50 cent bullet to the back of the head is actually a more humane way to be executed, the condemed won't even feel the bullet enter, like they would various needles used in lethal injection. It's cheaper, totally painless and instant, unlike those botched executions you hear...
In the late Sixies and early Seventies, news of heart transplants and artificial hearts was splashed over front pages around the world. Dr. Michael DeBakey was in the forefront of such research. He pioneered surgical treatments which are common now, but were...
Welcome to the reality show..."A mum who had a breast enlargement has 100 men and a social networking site to thank for her new assets.Karen Fielding was able to afford the £2,500 operation after members of...
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I'm supposed to have arm surgery soon. And the more I hear of stories like this, the more I swear I'm going to write on the correct arm!"A Methodist Hospital surgeon who mistakenly removed the wrong kidney from a...
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That such a simple checklist - similar to the checks made before take-off when flying - undertaken before commencing surgery can make such a difference in outcomes shouldn't surprise us. That fact that such a...
"The Medical Board of California is seeking to revoke or suspend the license of a San Francisco transplant surgeon accused of administering substantial quantities of pain medication to a prospective organ donor.Dr. Hootan Roozrokh also faces trial in October on a felony...
I think you always remember your favourite book when you were a kid - mine was 'The Paper Bag Princess' and I loved it. But now it seems times have changed and new books for kids are starting to come onto the...
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