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Former Vice President Pence Recovering From Surgery, Has Pacemaker
Former Vice President Mike Pence has undergone surgery to have a pacemaker implanted.
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Women Raise Awareness About Cancer Linked To Breast Implants
Three women from around North America gathered in Dallas to talk about a rare cancer they got from their breast implants.
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Massachusetts Man Undergoes Surgery to Remove Swallowed AirPod
After an exhausting late night shoveling during Monday’s nor’easter, Bradford Gauthier of Worcester, Massachusetts, learned a lesson he won’t soon forget. “We have a 6-month-old baby, so we don’t watch TV at night in the room, so I always end up wearing my AirPods and just watching Netflix or whatever,” said Gauthier. But when he woke up Tuesday to...
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World's First Successful Face and Double-Hand Transplant Completed
22-year-old Joe DiMeo of New Jersey is the world’s first successful face and double-hand transplant.
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Ex-Prof. Who Beat Wife to Death Ordered to Pay $124M to Daughter
A former economics professor at the University of Pennsylvania who beat his wife to death inside their King of Prussia, Pennsylvania home was ordered to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to his daughter.
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'Magical Moment': Doctor Details Formerly Conjoined Twins Seeing Each Other for 1st Time
When Ervina and Prefina were born two years ago, they were conjoined at the skull, back-to-back. For most of their lives, they never saw the other’s face except when they looked at their reflections in a mirror. In early June, the twins finally had the chance to gaze directly at each other after 30 doctors and nurses separated them during...
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Black Kids Die More Often After Surgery, New Research Shows
A new U.S. study shows Black children die more often after common surgeries than whites.
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Kristen Bell Records Her Husband Dax Shepard Doing Surgery on Himself
Sometimes, you have to take matters into your own hands… While practicing social distancing and being in quarantine, Dax Shepard decided to remove the pin from his own broken arm. While it’s unclear how the 45-year-old actor broke his hand, it appears he’s not afraid to repair it. Trolling her husband over his pin removal, Kristen Bell cheekily captioned...
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Elective Surgeries Set to Resume, With Complications and Concerns
As COVID-19 has spread across the country in recent months, hospitals have postponed elective surgeries, nonemergency procedures that are scheduled in advance. Cosmetic surgery, hernia repair and cancer operations are among the wide range of elective surgeries that come with varying degrees of complexity and urgency, NBC News reports. The American Hospital Association published a road map to resuming elective surgeries on April...
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Woman Saves Piglet From Traffic, Raises Cash for Its Surgery
A Pennsylvania woman who rescued a piglet that was darting in and out of rush-hour traffic is getting help from local businesses to fund a surgery it needs to survive.
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How to Train Your Dog Like a Pro
The most important thing to know about training your new pup, according to Petco dog trainer Chloe Sternlicht, is that dogs respond best to positive reinforcement. So be patient when Fido makes a mistake and smother him with praise and treats when he get it right. Sternlicht gives some tips for getting your dog to respond to basic commands.
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Former ‘Top Chef' Contestant Writes She Has Year to Live
Former “Top Chef” Fatima Ali says she has a year to live. The 29-year-old underwent surgery to remove a tumor in January. However, Ali wrote Tuesday in an essay for Bon Appetit that the “cancer cells my doctors believed had vanished are back with a vengeance in my left hip and femur bone.” Ali says her oncologist told her she...
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15-Ounce ‘Micro-Preemie' Raising Awareness for Holiday Blood Donations
A tiny baby born four months early and weighing just 15-ounces has already made a name for herself at the San Diego Blood Bank.
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Rangers Acquire Jimmy Herget, Put Nick Goody on MLB Roster
The Texas Rangers announced Monday they’ve placed former Cleveland pitcher Nick Goody on the roster and acquired RHP Jimmy Herget on waivers out of Cincinnati.
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Patients Sue Northern Indiana Hospital Over Possible Disease Exposure
More than 1,000 surgical patients are suing a northern Indiana hospital after being notified that a sterilization failure could have exposed them to deadly infections.
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Jimmy Carter Out of Hospital After Treatment for Brain Bleed
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has been released from Emory University Hospital in Atlanta after recovering from surgery to relieve pressure on his brain caused by bleeding from a fall. Carter Center spokeswoman Deanna Congileo said Wednesday that the Carters “look forward to enjoying Thanksgiving at home in Plains, where he will continue to recover.”
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Uterus Transplant Donor Shares Her Story
The Texas woman who donated her uterus that allowed a woman to carry and deliver the nation’s first baby born from a transplanted uterus talks about the decision and the miracle baby born a year ago.
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Cutting Medication Costs With Stuff in the Kitchen
Prices for most name-brand prescription drugs have risen 208 percent from 2008 to 2016. That is causing up to 20 percent of people to either skip taking their much-needed medication or cut it in half to reduce costs. But now researchers are looking towards a cheaper and more natural alternative.
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Texas Flu Activity Climbs From Moderate to High: CDC
Traveling this week for the holiday — flu activity is on the rise. Officials in Dallas County say it’s increasing earlier than normal.
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When Treating Port Wine Stain Birthmarks, The Earlier The Better
For people with port-wine stain birthmarks, laser surgery is one way to soften the appearance. Treatment can be uncomfortable, and in the past, some doctors recommended waiting until a child was a few years old and could better tolerate anesthesia. New improvements to laser devices means for some, the earlier the better.