Woman Loses Life After Undergoing 6 Cosmetic Procedures At Once She’d Saved For Years To Afford “Why in god’s name would they let her get all 6 at once? Is that common practice?” Bored Panda · Sep 12
Woman recovering from surgery is confused when she spots stitches coming out. Then his staff tells her, ‘he didn’t put a single stitch in you’ The miscommunication that made something normal scary. We Got This Covered · Sep 12
Surrogate Who Refused To End The Pregnancy Slammed By Child’s Biological Parents Over Supreme Court Bid A surrogate’s refusal to terminate a pregnancy has sparked a legal battle over parental rights and medical decisions as the newborn remains critically ill. Bored Panda · Sep 12
Manchester United midfielder pictured in the gym after knee surgery amid surprise Michael Carrick decision Manuel Ugarte has started on the long path to a full recovery Evening Standard · Sep 12
Insurance company rejected Rs 3 lakh mediclaim saying it was an obesity treatment; court found the surgery also treats high BP, weight gain, knee pain; insurer ordered to pay Rs 3.5 lakh An insurance company rejected a Rs 3.2 lakh mediclaim by calling a weight loss surgery an obesity treatment excluded under the policy. The Ernakulam consumer commission found the surgery was meant to treat high blood pressure, weight gain and knee problems together, and ruled that the insurer had no medical… The Economic Times · Sep 12
Savala gets Roosters' backing as star ramps up comeback Trent Robinson has faith in Hugo Savala to perform in the halves in against Penrith but the Roosters coach has confirmed Sam Walker is already back running. AAP · Sep 12
India's ABC Programme Promises to Control Stray Dog Populations, Here Is Where Sterilisation Fails What the ABC Programme Actually MandatesThe Animal Birth Control (ABC) Rules, first notified in 2001 and significantly revised in 2023, require every municipal body in India to sterilise and vaccinate free-roaming dogs, return them to their original location, and maintain ward-level records. The programme does not permit culling, the Supreme… Times Life · Sep 12
Health Insurance Claims Rejection in India: The Real Reasons and How to Prevent Each One The Disclosure Problem That Kills Most Claims Before They StartThe single most common reason health insurance claims are rejected in India is non-disclosure at the time of buying the policy. If you had hypertension, diabetes, or a prior surgery and did not declare it on the proposal form, the insurer… Times Life · Sep 12
A Woman's IUD Vanished for Nine Years, and a CT Scan Finally Found It Piercing Her Bladder An IUD placed in 2014 went unaccounted for until a CT scan found it through a woman's bladder wall. What this rare case shows about missing IUDs. Medical Daily · Sep 12
A Kitchen Spatula Reached from Her Neck into Her Chest, and Doctors Removed It Without Open Surgery A 34-year-old woman with bulimia swallowed a kitchen spatula that spanned her neck and chest. Philadelphia doctors removed it without open surgery. Medical Daily · Sep 12
Geelong star in for surgery as Cats dealt knockout blow Geelong veteran Jeremy Cameron is booked for more surgery on his injured arm and faces a stint on the sidelines after the Cats' AFL finals exit. AAP · Sep 11
“Girl’s Got Her Priorities”: Erika Kirk Sparks Plastic Surgery Rumors With Appearance At Convention Paying Tribute To Charlie “She will have that ‘Plastic G.O.P. wife face’ within 2 years.” Bored Panda · Sep 11
A Suspected Adrenal Tumor Found During a Kidney Stone Workup Was a Cyst Lined with Airway Tissue A dense mass near a man's right adrenal gland looked like a solid tumor on CT. Surgery found a benign cyst lined with the kind of tissue found in the airways. Medical Daily · Sep 11
A 37-Year-Old's Complex Ovarian Mass Turned Out to Be Rare Destructive Inflammation, and Her Other Ovary Contained Bone A complex ovarian mass and high CA-125 in a 37-year-old raised concern. Pathology found rare destructive inflammation and bone in her other ovary. Medical Daily · Sep 11
Medical Daily · Sep 11 A Coin a 6-Year-Old Pushed Up His Nose Stayed Hidden for 29 Years and Was Recovered in Six Corroded Pieces A man who pushed a coin into his nose at 6 had no symptoms for decades until foul, bloody discharge led doctors to a corroded, calcified coin.
Medical Daily · Sep 11 Painful Lumps Strung Like Rosary Beads Beside a Man's Testicle Were Clotted, Calcified Blood Vessels, Not a Tumor A 53-year-old man's beadlike scrotal lumps mimicked a mass beside the testicle. Surgery found clotted, calcified vessels along the vas deferens.
Evening Standard · Sep 11 Disgraced surgeon Eljamel performed several wrong site surgeries, inquiry told A public inquiry is taking place after patients of the neurosurgeon raised concerns that he had harmed as many as 200 people.
Medical Daily · Sep 11 A Dutch Teen Woke Up from Knee Surgery Speaking Only English and Insisting He Was in Utah A Dutch Teen Woke Up from Knee Surgery Speaking Only English and Insisting He Was in Utah
Medical Daily · Sep 11 A Hotpot Eating Bet Sent a Teen to Surgery Within Two Hours, Where Surgeons Found Dead Stomach Tissue A 15-year-old's hotpot eating bet ended in emergency surgery after a scan showed gas in his portal vein, a warning that his stomach wall was dying.
RideApart · Sep 11 MotoGP Champion's Right Arm Only Operating at Around 50%, According to His Surgeon In a recent interview, Marc Marquez's surgeon commented that it's like he's riding with one and a half arms, as a result of his injuries and surgeries.
Times Life · Sep 11 5 Situations Where Indian Adults Need a Hepatitis B Vaccine Before It's Too Late If You Were Born Before Universal Vaccination BeganIndia's Universal Immunisation Programme added hepatitis B to its childhood schedule in 2002 for urban areas, and only achieved nationwide rollout by 2011. Anyone born before that window, and many born during it in rural or underserved districts, likely received no hepatitis B…
The Independent UK · Sep 10 Delaying Brazilian Butt Lift ban poses ‘serious threat to patient safety’ MPs warn People are performing surgery ‘involving scalpels and vast quantities of anaesthetic’ in living rooms and salons, according to the Women and Equalities Committee
International Business Times UK · Sep 10 Billy Joel Reveals Brain Shunt Surgery After NPH Diagnosis: 'I'm Still Here' Billy Joel says brain shunt surgery for normal pressure hydrocephalus has improved his memory and balance, but doctors have advised him to limit live performances during recovery.
Medical Daily · Sep 10 A Tumor in a 5-Month-Old's Belly Held Brain and Eye Tissue and an Amniotic Membrane That Kept Making Fluid A baby's swollen belly hid a rare tumor with brain and eye tissue plus an inflamed amniotic membrane, a finding its authors say is a first.
Medical Daily · Sep 10 A Suspected Food Clump Blocking Her Bowel Turned Out to Be Surgical Gauze Left 15 Years Earlier A scan pointed to a food mass blocking a woman's bowel. Surgeons found a foot of gauze left inside her during a hysterectomy 15 years before.