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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.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

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.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

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

Cycling News · Aug 31

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.”

We Got This Covered · Aug 29

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 · Aug 29

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.

Medical Daily · Aug 29

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.

Medical Daily · Aug 29

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.

Medical Daily · Aug 29

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…

Times Life · Aug 29

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.

Medical Daily · Aug 29