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Why thousands of bowel cancer patients could be spared life-altering surgery

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The Independent UK

Bowel cancer patients spared major surgery after ‘life-changing’ trial

Around 80 per cent of patients were spared radical surgery following the trial treatment

The Independent UK

Bret Michaels taking 'several months off to heal'

Poison star Bret Michaels will be taking the "next several months off" to focus on his recovery after undergoing kidney stone surgery.

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Brain Cancer Patients Vaccinated Against COVID Before Surgery Lived Twice as Long in a Preprint Analysis

A preprint of 187 glioblastoma patients links COVID vaccination within 100 days of surgery to doubled survival. It has not been peer-reviewed.

Medical Daily

Bret Michaels cancels all upcoming shows on doctor's orders. "I may have just chosen to go sooner than I should have"

Michaels played a comeback show on Friday after recent surgery but cannot go on

Louder

Strength Athlete, 41, Loses Arms And Legs After Routine Checkup Takes Horrifying Turn

“Every day has been a battle for her. Every day has been a fight,” her husband, Amery Lee Caoili, said.

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Melania Trump Plastic Surgery Rumours: Surgeon Notes 'Subtle Changes That Could Suggest She's Had Some Work'

Melania Trump's return to the White House after a month-long absence has sparked plastic surgery rumours, as a cosmetic surgeon highlights 'subtle changes' while stressing nothing is confirmed.

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Knights stars banned, Warriors winger's injury revealed

Dom Young has escaped a heavy suspension by the NRL's match review committee, while Dallin Watene-Zelezniak will undergo collarbone surgery.

AAP

A New York surgeon says Anthem denied his patient’s Poland syndrome surgery as cosmetic, then he asked what if she had no nose

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Spider Silk Is Being Tested as Surgical Sutures, Wound Dressings, and Biomedical Protein Material

The thread that outperforms steelA dragline silk thread spun by Nephila pilipes, the giant golden orb-weaver found across South and Southeast Asia, has a tensile strength of roughly 1.3 gigapascals, stronger than high-grade steel at a fraction of the weight. That single biological fact is what has made spider silk…

Times Life

'It's a no-brainer': How Danii raised $30,000 for critical cancer research

Danii couldn't have been happier watching her lustrous locks fall to the ground.

The Canberra Times

He Finished an Expiring Bag of Peanuts, and Surgeons Pulled 500 Milliliters of Them Out of His Small Intestine

A man in his 70s ate a large packet of peanuts before it expired and formed a phytobezoar that blocked his bowel and required emergency surgery.

Medical Daily

Fox & Friends host Lawrence Jones breaks silence on mysterious absence from show

Jones was absent from the show earlier this year for a similar reason

The Independent UK

Rahul Gandhi ends six-hour dharna after FIR registered over youth's pellet injuries

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi ended his over-six-hour dharna at Delhi’s Parliament Street police station on Friday after an FIR was registered over pellet injuries suffered by youth Sahil Lochab during the July 20 protest. Gandhi had demanded the case after Lochab sustained injuries to his eyes and abdomen and underwent…

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Woman Had Both Legs And Hands Amputated After Routine Surgery, And Her Reaction Moves People

Lucinda Mullins went in for kidney stone surgery and woke up without her legs, her hands or her forearms. Her response was peace. She has since built an accessible home, returned to work and passed a law. She said from the beginning that this was not a sad story. She…

Medical Daily

A Rare Breast Cancer Can Read as Probably Benign on a Mammogram, and Mastectomy Is Not the Treatment It Needs

Primary breast lymphoma is treated with chemotherapy, not surgery, and published cases show imaging repeatedly pointing clinicians the wrong way.

Medical Daily

A Wire Left in His Chest During Bypass Surgery in 2002 Turned Up Inside His Left Ventricle

A pacing wire left after bypass surgery crossed into the left side of an 81-year-old man's heart and was found by chance decades later.

International Business Times UK

What's Wrong With Trevor Nelson? The 60-Year-Old Radio 2 DJ Speaks Out After Secret Brain Tumour Surgery

BBC Radio 2 presenter Trevor Nelson reveals he underwent surgery for a brain tumour, explaining his absence from radio. He shares his recovery journey and plans to return to broadcasting.

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The Guardian - UK

BBC’s Trevor Nelson recovering after brain tumour surgery

Radio 2 DJ, who stepped back from work commitments in June, says operation went ‘incredibly well’

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JK Rowling Stuns Internet With Unexpected Take On Transgender Surgery

“I’ve always believed that adults with intractable gender dysphoria may only find peace after surgery and taking hormones.”

Medical Daily

Two Sisters Had Emergency Kidney Stone Surgery 24 Hours Apart After Years of Being Told They Were Too Young

Claire and Lilyana Ziemba had emergency kidney stone surgeries a day apart, after years of hearing that young women do not get stones.

Evening Standard

Trevor Nelson says he is ‘on the mend’ after surgery for brain tumour

The broadcaster and DJ announced in June he was taking a break from work to deal with ‘health issues’.

Evening Standard

Reform leader in Scotland had cancer diagnosed on day of Holyrood election

Malcolm Offord said he had surgery to remove his prostate last week.

Fortune

'Game-changer' GLP-1s could fix America's obesity crisis—but 2 inequalities stand in the way

Wells Fargo Industry Insights' Robin Wenzel says the drugs are rewriting healthcare economics, but the math doesn't "pencil out" too often.

Medical Daily

Medicare Pays Doctors Less for Cataract Surgery, and Patients Are Being Offered Laser Upgrades Costing Thousands

Medicare pays about $520 for cataract surgery, down 20 percent in a decade, and laser add-ons cost patients $1,000 to $3,000 per eye.

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