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The Gallbladder Can Twist Itself into a Corkscrew and Surgeons Catch It Beforehand Only 17 Percent of the Time

Gallbladder volvulus strangles the organ's own blood supply. In a pooled review of 477 cases, only 17 percent were diagnosed before surgery.

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A Brain Cyst Faked Dementia in a 71-Year-Old Woman and the Standard Memory Test Missed It

A Japanese team reversed a patient's gait and thinking decline by opening a brain cyst that had convincingly mimicked untreatable dementia.

Medical Daily

Tadej Pogačar's clavicle surgery 'went well' Monday, team confirms World Champion will remain in Barcelona for several days

Slovenian received 'all-clear' from concussion protocol earlier than expected to undergo operation

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Tadej Pogačar undergoes successful clavicle surgery after Vuelta a España crash

The world champion will remain in hospital for several days following the operation, UAE Team Emirates-XRG announced

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A 14-Centimeter Pouch Left Over from the Womb Blocked His Bowel 67 Years Later

A 67-year-old man's bowel obstruction was traced back to a 14-centimeter embryonic pouch that had sat silently in his abdomen his entire life.

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Her Back Pain Was Treated as Tuberculosis for a Year Before Sequencing Found a Parasite in Her Spine

A woman's spine was being eaten away. Doctors treated tuberculosis for 12 months before sequencing found a parasite from surgery eight years earlier.

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Tadej Pogačar set for 'serious operation' in next two days as UAE team boss says it 'doesn't seem easy' to recover in time for World Championships

Decision on the rest of the season will be taken following collarbone surgery, which has been delayed by concussion

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7 Things Every Indian With Sickle Cell Trait Should Know About Their Health

You are a carrier, not a patient, but the distinction has limitsSickle cell trait means you inherited one copy of the HbS gene and one normal copy. Your body produces both haemoglobin A and haemoglobin S. Under ordinary conditions, you will not have a sickle cell crisis. The Indian Council…

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Ralf Schumacher requires surgery after jet ski crash

Ralf Schumacher dislocated his shoulder at Stefan Raab's jet ski world championship on German television, but doctors subsequently discovered another injury in hospital

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Face Yoga Movements That Actually Work for Indian Facial Structure and Bone Shape

Why Indian Bone Structure Changes the EquationIndian faces are not a monolith, but there are consistent skeletal tendencies across South Asian populations: a broader zygomatic arch (the cheekbone ridge), a relatively flat midface, a stronger and wider mandible, and orbital bones that sit the eyes deeper into the skull. A…

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Tennessee woman goes in for routine knee replacement surgery. Now, she is paralyzed from the chest down: ‘deeply saddened by the reported harm’

The hospital was recently on a “Best Regional Hospital” list.

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Two women are taken for emergency brain surgery after presenting injuries seen in high-speed collisions, but they only visited California’s Six Flags

“This is the hardest thing a human being could go through.”

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LIV Golf Winner Out For Rest Of Year After Undergoing Back Surgery

The Torque GC star has undergone back surgery after playing through the injury for a "few years"

Golf Monthly

A 60-Pound Humanoid Robot Removed a Pig's Gallbladder While a Surgeon Worked the Controls

Two teleoperated humanoid robots removed gallbladders from live pigs at UC San Diego. Surgeons drove every movement, and autonomy is still years off.

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A Painful Breast Lump Looked Like a Routine Abscess, Then Surgery Found Cancer from Another Organ

Doctors suspected a breast abscess and sent her home with antibiotics. Surgeons found metastatic cancer that most likely started in her lung.

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A Strep Throat Bacterium Was Eating His Aortic Valve, and Every Echocardiogram Missed It

Echocardiograms found no vegetations. Surgeons opened his chest and found group A strep, the sore throat bacterium, destroying his aortic valve.

Times Life

Why NRIs Are Returning to India for Medical Treatment, and What It Costs Them Beyond Money

The Appointment You Didn't Expect to MakeThe cardiologist's waiting room in Chennai or Medanta or Kokilaben looks nothing like the one you sat in abroad. It is louder, more crowded, occasionally chaotic. A man argues with a billing clerk two windows down. A woman feeds her mother a biscuit from…

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Federal Regulators Tell Families to Throw Out Girigi Magnetic Blocks After a Child Needed Intestinal Surgery

CPSC warns families to discard Girigi magnetic blocks sold on Amazon. A child swallowed about 50 magnets and needed intestinal surgery.

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A Hand-Sized Clot Grew Inside His Transplanted Heart for 14 Years, and He Never Felt It

A routine scan found a 12-centimeter clot filling a transplanted heart. The patient had no symptoms, and the story does not end well.

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Nineteen Operating Tables Recalled Over a Lock Failure That Could Let a Patient Shift During Surgery

The FDA issued recalls for IMRIS ORT200 and ORT300 operating tables due to a rotational lock fault. Surgeons are told to test tables daily.

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Vein Glue Caused Nearly Three Times More Skin Reactions Than Heat, and They Sort Into Five Types

A 511-patient comparison found that skin reactions requiring treatment after cyanoacrylate vein closure were 11 percent, compared with 4 percent after heat.

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Light Activated Particles Revealed Single Brain Cancer Cells in Mice and Destroyed What Surgery Could Not Reach

A mouse study used light-activated nanoparticles to find and destroy glioblastoma cells that surgery misses. The results are preclinical, not clinical.

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Kylie Jenner Admits She Wants Bigger Breasts but 'Probably Not' Having Another Augmentation Procedure

Kylie Jenner candidly discusses her desire to have bigger breasts and whether or not she's having another procedure before her 30th birthday.

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Woman Runs Into Insufferable Highschool Teacher 20 Years Later And Gets Proof That Karma Really Exists

A woman’s high school teacher decided to publicly call her a loser and say she’d never amount to anything. So, twenty years later, the woman saw the same teacher at the university she now worked at, she decided that getting a bit of petty revenge was long overdue.

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'Devastated' Kangaroos support star after neck surgery

North Melbourne midfielder Mia King is expected to make a full recovery and return to action in 2027 after undergoing spinal fusion surgery in Brisbane.

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