Flyers captain Mike Richards will have surgery this week to repair a torn labrum in his right shoulder, and also needs surgery on his left shoulder and faces to 10 to 12 weeks of rehabilitation.
Rolando Villazon's concert organizer in Germany says the Mexican tenor needs surgery to remove a cyst on his larynx and has canceled two performances in the country.
Defenseman Brent Burns is the latest Minnesota Wild player to have surgery since the season ended.
Wild goalie Niklas Backstrom could be practicing at full speed in 12 weeks after surgery on his left hip turned up less damage than expected.
A nurse was called out of surgery so a manager could tell her she was being laid off. Dean Health said the surgery was minor and the patient wasn't affected, but the manager who summoned the nurse from surgery violated medical protocol. Dean Health spokesman Paul Pitas said the incident happened at Dean's West Clinic in Madison on Wednesday or Thursday.
Tampa Bay Lightning captain Vincent Lecavalier has had wrist surgery that will end his season and knock him out of the upcoming world hockey championships.
Justin Duchscherer will have arthroscopic elbow surgery next week, likely causing the Oakland Athletics two-time All-Star to miss at least the first month of the season.
His broken collarbone surgically mended, Lance Armstrong is on the clock. The seven-time Tour de France champion will be back on his bike in days even though the bone may take eight to 12 weeks to fully mend. Armstrong must resume training almost immediately if he's to meet his goal of racing in the Giro d'Italia, which begins May 9.
The struggling economy cut into plastic surgery last year as spending on cosmetic procedures drooped, but less-invasive procedures like Botox injections continued to grow, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons said.
Did a hysterectomy shift her libido into overdrive? Now that a wandering husband has returned, should his wife boost her intimate exercises? Sexploration answers your queries. Got a question? .
Cristina, freshly informed of Izzie’s condition, worked hard to line Izzie up with a superstar oncologist. But after Cristina called in all her chits to get the appointment, Izzie wouldn’t even go. Ultimately, Cristina figured out what was needed and told Alex and Bailey everything. And later, when she told Izzie what she’d done, and added that Meredith and George were being filled in as well, Izzie hesitated and then thanked her. “Grey’s” is far better at friendships than romances, and when the friends finally had the chance to rally, the whole story finally paid off with a few tears.
Astros third baseman Aaron Boone will have open heart surgery Thursday at the Stanford University Medical Center.
Barbara Bush was released from a Houston hospital Friday, saying she was "feeling healthy and strong" nine days after undergoing heart surgery.
Some 33 days after entering New York-Presbyterian Hospital, 7-year-old Heather McNamara is home, and whole, again. In a groundbreaking, highly risky surgery that medical experts say borders on the stuff of miracles, young Heather was both the donor and the recipient of life-saving transplant surgery.
Maple Leafs goalie Vesa Toskala underwent season-ending hip surgery on Monday to repair a torn labrum and is expected to have a rehabilitation time of 12 weeks.
Seattle Storm forward Swin Cash has undergone surgery to repair a disk in her lower back.
Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez underwent arthroscopic surgery Monday to repair torn cartilage in his right hip, and doctors said they found nothing that would keep him from returning to the lineup in May. "The surgery went exactly as we planned," said Dr. Marc Philippon, who performed the 80-minute procedure at Vail Valley Surgery Center in Colorado. "No surprises."
Former first lady Barbara Bush has been moved out of intensive care and into a private room at the Texas hospital where she underwent heart surgery.
The office of Nebraska Sen. Mike Johanns says the senator is having surgery on his left lung following the discovery of a spot.
When last we left Pregnant Aneurysm Lady — actually named Jen — Derek had caused a complication and punished himself accordingly. After a risky procedure, she stabilized, then decompensated again.
Blues forward Paul Kariya underwent surgery on his right hip Tuesday, a little more than a month after an operation to fix his left hip.
Capitals goalie Brent Johnson will have hip surgery next week and is expected to miss up to two months.
Free agent right-hander Ben Sheets could be headed for elbow surgery after contract negotiations with the Texas Rangers fell through because of the injury.
Capitals captain Chris Clark will have surgery on his right wrist this week and is expected to miss the rest of the season.
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A pet dog needed life-saving emergency surgery - after swallowing a plastic toy of cartoon character Homer Simpson.
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THE FIRST child from the Republic to receive revolutionary stem-cell treatment for a rare disorder affecting the optic nerve will travel to China next week for the procedure.
Black patients with lung cancer are less likely than white patients to receive recommended chemotherapy and surgery, a new study finds.
A leading French surgeon says he has now effectively carried out a full face transplant after two operations in the same number of weeks.
TAMPA - A woman released from the hospital after surgery today expected to return to her Sun City Center home to rest, authorities say.
Excerpt: When Dr. Loren J. Borud began his first case at about 8 a.m., an operating room nurse noticed he looked tired and wobbly. She was so concerned, according to one account of the Friday last June, that she suggested Borud postpone his next patient.
A Serbian woman is recovering from a painful operation after doctors removed from her vagina a large pine cone.
She may have shed 160 pounds, but Star Jones's self image has yet to catch up with her new body. "I'm still 300 lbs. in my head some days," she tells Oprah. She also discusses her gastric-bypass surgery and her exit from "The View" for the first time.
She may have shed 160 pounds, but Star Jones's self image has yet to catch up with her new body. "I'm still 300 lbs. in my head some days," she tells Oprah. She also discusses her gastric-bypass surgery and her exit from "The View" for the first time.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children who undergo the surgical removal of their tonsils (tonsillectomy) with or without the removal of their adenoids (adenoidectomy) are at increased risk for becoming overweight in the years after surgery, according to a report in the journal Pedi …
Surgeons successfully removed a 15-centimeter (6-inch) fishing spear from the brain of a man who was struck while diving off the coast of Rio de Janeiro, doctors said Sunday.
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Ben Brown hates his mouth being touched and barely tolerates his teeth being brushed - so a trip to the dentist was a nightmare for the teenager from Surrey.
Two local doctors face state discipline for allegedly botching plastic surgeries, including a case where a woman woke up to discover she'd undergone a face lift and liposuction that she had not agreed to.
An Italian doctor completed a brain operation despite having a heart attack after realizing his patient would never recover if he stopped the surgery.
ANNAPOLIS, Md., Feb. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Maryland Association of Nurse Anesthetists (MANA), whose members are Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs), today announced their opposition to Senate Bill 798 and House Bill 1161.
Surgeons can now learn the delicate procedure of spinal anaesthesia without practising on live patients, thanks to a new training device.
Don Imus just announced he has prostate cancer. He's certainly not alone. In fact prostate cancer is the most common cancer, other than skin cancers, in American men.
A 7-year-old girl from Long Island, NY, is on her way home a little more than four weeks after receiving a historic surgery that involved the removal and partial re-implantation of six organs in order to resect an abdominal tumor that otherwise would be inoperable.
A woman was wounded by an arrow on a New York City street; police think the arrow was fired into the air at random.
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