'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 · Aug 21
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 · Aug 21
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 · Aug 21
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… The Economic Times · Aug 21
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… Bored Panda · Aug 21
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 · Aug 21
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. Medical Daily · Aug 21
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. International Business Times UK · Aug 20
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’ The Guardian - UK · Aug 20
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.” Bored Panda · Aug 20
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. Medical Daily · Aug 20
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 · Aug 20
Reform leader in Scotland had cancer diagnosed on day of Holyrood election Malcolm Offord said he had surgery to remove his prostate last week. Evening Standard · Aug 20
'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. Fortune · Aug 20
Medical Daily · Aug 20 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.
The Independent UK · Aug 20 Sam Curran undergoes surgery to end chances of England Test recall Curran had been in line to bolster England’s squad for the Test series against Pakistan
The Times of India · Aug 20 Meet Rayhan Papar, the 18-year-old Texas student who trained a da Vinci surgical robot to remove tumors; it succeeded in 3 of 4 gel-model tests A brilliant eighteen-year-old student has engineered a cutting-edge framework designed for surgical robots. Utilizing a simulation strategy, this innovative system instructs robots on autonomous tumor excision. Tested on a da Vinci surgical platform alongside gel models, it achieved success by removing tumors in three out of four trials. This pioneering…
Sports Illustrated · Aug 19 Jaguars-Giants Trade Grades: Jacksonville Adds Guard Depth After Patrick Mekari Surgery We have a training camp trade! As first reported by Newday’s Evan Barnes, the Giants are sending guard Daniel Faalele to the Jaguars in exchange for a 2027 late
Evening Standard · Aug 19 Emma Barnett reveals she had a hysterectomy as a result of endometriosis The BBC Radio 4 host said she had the surgery ‘I never wanted to have’ after her symptoms meant she could ‘barely function’.
inkl · Aug 19 Forehead Reduction Surgery in Turkey: Why Hairline Correction Is Transforming Modern Facial Aesthetics When discussing facial attractiveness, many people immediately think of the nose, eyes, or lips. Yet one of the most influential features is often overlooked—the hairline.
The National (Scotland) · Aug 19 Ex-Rangers star's remarkable return target after open heart surgery Ex-Rangers star's remarkable return target after open heart surgery
AAP · Aug 19 Tigers half back after 'very painful' training balls-up After copping a blow to his nether regions that caused him to undergo surgery, Wests Tigers playmaker Jock Madden has vowed to finish the year strongly.
Medical Daily · Aug 19 A Newborn at the Center of a Three State Surrogacy Fight Has Now Had His Heart Surgery The infant in the Texas surrogacy dispute underwent heart surgery on Monday. Here is what treatment for hypoplastic left heart syndrome actually involves.
Cycling News · Aug 19 'I think my season's over' - Lucas Bourgoyne misses momentum at American Criterium Cup with appendectomy Former USPro criterium champion expects to miss final round of American Criterium Cup as he takes time off to heal from surgery
Medical Daily · Aug 18 Her Thyroid Nodule Was Found by Accident and Turned Out to Be a Tumor Almost Nobody Gets Thyroid paraganglioma has fewer than 75 reported cases worldwide and is routinely mistaken for medullary thyroid cancer right up to surgery.