June 12, 2019 Mom claims weeklong brain bleed was dismissed as food poisoning: 'Thought I was dying' A mother who claims she was allegedly diagnosed with food poisoning on vacation in Majorca after she began experiencing painful headaches and vomiting said her extreme agony caused her to fly home, where she learned her suffering was actually caused by bleeding in her brain.
June 12, 2019 LAPD officer dies after surgery stemming from 2015 on-duty accident, police say A Los Angeles police officer died Sunday during a surgery stemming from an on-duty traffic collision — that occurred four years prior, officials said.
June 10, 2019 GRAPHIC IMAGES: Boy, 4, has dozens of worms removed from intestines after complaints of pain, vomiting A 4-year-old boy with a history of stomach pain, vomiting and abdominal distention eventually landed on the operating table where surgeons manually removed dozens of worms that had been living in his intestines.
June 10, 2019 Painter survives being impaled by bamboo spike after falling off ladder A painter in India who fell off a ladder and landed on a bamboo pole is lucky to be alive after surgeons worked for hours to remove it safely from his chest.
June 5, 2019 Man who landed in hospital after swallowing coin at party swears off stunt: 'Dad thinks I'm an idiot' A 22-year-old man who said he thought it would “be funny” to swallow a coin while out at a party was later rushed to the hospital when he realized the object had become lodged in his throat.
June 4, 2019 Missouri mom battling deadly sepsis infection loses all 10 toes, hand, several fingers A Missouri mother who spent over a month in the hospital in dire condition is adapting to life without her 10 toes and right hand after they were amputated in an effort to stop a deadly infection from spreading throughout her body.
June 3, 2019 Surgical tool, oxygen sparked flash fire in patient's chest during open heart surgery, doctors say Doctors performing emergency heart surgery in Australia were not prepared for this complication – a fire that broke out in the patient’s exposed chest cavity.
May 31, 2019 Dad loses eye, part of nose after common symptom leads to cancer diagnosis A dad suffering from a watery eye for six months was horrified after it turned out to be facial cancer.
May 31, 2019 Woman allegedly had 11-inch knife in back for over a week A woman in Ethiopia reportedly survived for a week with an 11-inch blade embedded in her back that allegedly went undetected by doctors.
May 30, 2019 Fisherman says he nearly lost finger after contracting bacterial infection in cut from fish fin An Oklahoma man’s successful day of fishing nearly turned tragic when a striper’s fin sliced into his finger, leading to an infection that nearly cost him the digit.