EXPLAINED: 29 | Rare Historical Photos

A Fruit Pit Got Stuck in a Man's Intestine and Looked So Much Like a Gallstone Doctors Were Fooled

A peach pit lodged in a man's small bowel read as gallstone ileus on CT. Published cases show how easily stone fruit fools scanners.

Medical Daily · Aug 14

Cancer Patients Now Wait About 10 Days Longer to Start Treatment Than They Did a Decade Ago

A JAMA Surgery study of more than 2.7 million patients found that wait times from cancer diagnosis to first treatment rose across all six cancers studied.

Medical Daily · Aug 14

'The worst best decision I've ever made' – Chloé Dygert issues recovery update following double surgery

American, who hasn't raced since crashing out of Paris-Roubaix Femmes, was recently caught in car crash

Cycling News · Aug 14

A Rare Pelvic Cancer Forced Surgeons to Remove Multiple Organs in an Extraordinary Attempt to Save the Patient

Cleveland Clinic surgeons performed a pelvic exenteration in a young patient whose rare congenital anatomy complicated an aggressive tumor.

Medical Daily · Aug 13

Hunter Greene Was Baseball’s Next Big Thing. Now His Career Is in Jeopardy.

The Reds’ ace has undergone a second Tommy John surgery, sidelining him through 2027. It wasn’t supposed to go this way for the former two-way star.

Sports Illustrated · Aug 13

US cancer patients are facing longer waits for surgery - and the consequences are dire

Longer wait times have been tied to an increased risk of death

The Independent UK · Aug 13

Over 200k magnetic toy sets recalled after children suffer severe injuries

The CPSC warned that the small internal magnets could create a critical ingestion hazard for children

The Independent UK · Aug 13

Texas surrogacy case takes shocking turn after baby with heart defect is born

A surrogate gave birth Wednesday after a judge ordered life-sustaining treatment for the newborn. The baby was diagnosed with a serious heart condition before birth. The surrogate and the California couple are in a bitter legal dispute. Texas authorities intervened on behalf of the surrogate in the case. The newborn…

The Economic Times · Aug 13

Kelly Ripa Dental Procedure Explained: What Is Gum Graft Surgery and Which Habit Led to a Painful Procedure?

Kelly Ripa's over-brushing habit led to gum recession, necessitating gum graft surgery. Her recovery included a two-week absence from 'Live with Kelly and Mark' and a ten-day speaking hiatus.

International Business Times UK · Aug 13

His Appendix Sat on the Left Side, and 36 Days Passed Before Anyone Found the Rupture

A man with mirror-image organs had left-sided appendicitis missed for weeks, ending in a liver abscess and major bowel surgery, doctors report.

Medical Daily · Aug 13