September 28, 2017 Woman loses both hands, legs after sepsis battle A 50-year-old Georgia woman is lucky to be alive after losing all four limbs to a sepsis infection that she initially thought was a case of the flu.
September 27, 2017 Australian man has big toe replace thumb after bull accident An Australian man whose thumb was severed off by a bull had his big toe surgically removed to replace the body part, reports said.
September 27, 2017 Are distracted doctors risking patients' safety? As much as people would like to wholly trust their doctors, medical errors do occur more often than is comfortable.
September 27, 2017 Indian musician plays guitar as doctors perform brain surgery Musician Abhishek Prasad strummed his guitar throughout his neurosurgery to help doctors zero in on the part of the brain being operated on during the first such procedure in India.
September 27, 2017 Man gets massive keloids removed from neck in life-changing surgery A 56-year-old man said he feels “more alive” after strangers helped raise enough funds for a transformative surgery on his neck that removed 40 pounds of extra flesh.
September 26, 2017 Baby saved by first-of-its-kind in utero surgery Doctors in Canada are patting themselves on the back after what is believed to be a first-of-its-kind heart surgery that saved the life of an unborn child.
September 26, 2017 Oversupply of pain pills after surgery helps fuel opioid epidemic Reuters Health - More than two-thirds of surgery patients in a recent study had prescription opioids left over after they recovered from their operations, and the vast majority failed to safely store or dispose of the often misused and abused pills, researchers say.
September 26, 2017 Walking and biking tied to lower risk of hospitalization with sciatica (This August 3rd story has been refiled to add dropped "of" to headline) Reuters Health - Lifestyle factors like obesity and smoking are known to raise people's risk of developing sciatica, but a new study finds that regular walking and biking may have an opposite, and just as powerful effect.
September 26, 2017 Dental brace wire lodged in intestine for a decade, doctors say An woman in Australia discovered more than she anticipated when she went to the doctor because of stomach pain -- only to find a dental brace wire was lodged in her intestine for more than a decade.
September 26, 2017 Baby allegedly burned by babysitter's hot bath recovering from surgery A four-month-old boy is recovering after undergoing surgery on Tuesday to treat second- and third-degree burns on his face and body while the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) continues to investigate the case.
