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February 1, 2020

Avoid Super Bowl 'avocado hand' injuries with these helpful tips

Tips on how to avoid a kitchen catastrophe while preparing for the big game.

January 30, 2020

Man’s nail-biting habit leads to severe infection, emergency surgery

A lifelong nail-biter learned to stop the habit the hard way after he developed a serious infection that nearly cost him his finger. 

January 26, 2020

Cobbler's thumb cut off during shoe accident, replaced by his big toe

Doctors can do amazing things these days.

January 24, 2020

Man donates kidney to mom who would die without transplant: ‘It was a no-brainer for me’

A Scottish man said it was a “no-brainer” to give him mother a kidney when she was told she would die without a transplant.

January 24, 2020

Helicopter-sharing app Blade pairs with NYU Langone to speed transplant organs

Talking about a life-saving initiative.

January 21, 2020

Toddler fractures skull after pencil impales eye, report says

The impact of the pencil fractured a piece of his skull, which wound up lodged behind his left eye socket.

January 20, 2020

Alabama girl, 4, who lost fingers to exploding light bulb gets prosthetic hand: 'It's changed her life'

Nearly two years ago, in May 2018, a curious Athens, Alabama girl was inspecting the bright light bulbs on her mother’s light-up vanity. A split second later, she was missing nearly all of her fingers on her right hand. 

January 20, 2020

Woman diagnosed with tennis ball-sized brain tumor after being told she had mental illness

A British woman says she was diagnosed with a tennis ball-sized brain tumor after long suffering from migraine and psychosis — symptoms doctors reportedly dismissed as anxiety, depression and possibly bipolar disorder. 

January 16, 2020

Man tried to cure constipation by swallowing live eels, wound up in emergency surgery, report says

Don't try this one at home.

January 15, 2020

California cyclist hit by truck, nearly killed, befriends driver who hit him: Bitterness 'doesn’t help anything'

A California man and avid cyclist who was hit by a truck last May and suffered serious injuries as a result — some of which he is still recovering from — can personally attest to the power of forgiveness.