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Treatment with UV light could be the newest fat-loss technique to help obese patients lose weight!
India saw a weight-loss surgery every half hour in 2019, as per a Lancet study. The country has wit…
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My identical twin and I needed open heart surgery on the same day. Doctors had to color-code us to tell us apart.
Twins Pablo and Julio Delcid were told they needed open heart surgery related to Marfan syndrome th…
Kelly Burch
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Indian heart beats inside Pakistani woman, 19-year-old from Karachi undergoes heart transplant in Chennai
A 19-year-old patient from Karachi in Pakistan, Ayesha Rashid, underwent a successful heart transpl…
ANI
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Everything to know about 'The Bachelorette' contestant Marcus Shoberg, a military veteran and frontrunner for Jenn's heart
Marcus Shoberg emerged as a frontrunner for Jenn Tran's heart early on in "The Bachelorette." Here'…
Olivia Singh
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Big corporate American hospitals now want you to pay up front for surgery
UnitedHealth, a giant health insurance company, has been buying up hospitals and surgery centers. N…
Katie Balevic
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A woman had to have open-heart surgery after doctors left a wire in her chest for 4 years
After experiencing pain, shortness of breath and swelling, a 47-year-old woman learned that doctors…
Kate Hull
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My son needed brain surgery to stop his seizures. Even though I'm his mom, I had a hard time making decisions.
Samantha Harney's son Trevor has epilepsy and was having daily seizures. Doctors removed a part of …
Kelly Burch
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Arnold Schwarzenegger said doctors made a mistake and poked through his heart wall during what was meant to be a non-invasive surgery
"The way all the guys pumped me up and got me going, and then when I started shooting Terminator 6,…
Amanda Goh
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A man's heart migrated to the place where his lung used to be. After a challenging surgery, he's back to restoring vintage cars.
Gary Wingfield, whose lung was removed when he was a kid, feared the worst when his cardiologist sa…
Jane Ridley
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Parents-to-be describe the terrifying moment their doctor told them they have 6 weeks to save their baby by raising $3.2 million for specialized in-utero surgery
Rob Valez and Zofia Fenrych say they were urged to terminate after their unborn child was diagnosed…
Jane Ridley
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A woman lived with an undiagnosed heart defect for 50 years before a specialist identified it, and told her she needed open-heart surgery
Claudia Norman never worried about her heart murmur. But at 50 she learned had been born with a rar…
Anna Medaris Miller
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Explained: How Covid-19 heightens risk of heart attack, stroke
Scientists have found that SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind Covid-19, triggers a dangerous immune respo…
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Microplastics have been linked to a higher risk of heart attacks and stroke for the first time
This is the first time microplastics have been linked to health problems in humans, following decad…
Kim Schewitz
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A woman dismissed her exhaustion as anxiety, asthma, and menopause. She actually needed a heart transplant and brain surgery.
Ann Ramirez Dudas was 48 when she was diagnosed with congestive heart failure. She would need a new…
Andrea Michelson
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Doctors performed a groundbreaking brain surgery on a baby before birth, saving her from potential brain injury, heart failure, or death
Denver Coleman received a novel surgery to treat a vein of Galen malformation (VOGM), a rare blood …
Allana Akhtar
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A baby whose anti-vax parents rejected heart surgery over fear of 'blood that is tainted' had the life-saving surgery anyway after a court intervened
The parents of the 6-month-old delayed the operation because they did not want "blood that is taint…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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Your resting heart rate is a key sign of fitness and longevity. Improve it with 2 types of workouts.
Your resting heart rate can affect your health, fitness, disease risk, and longevity. It can change…
Gabby Landsverk
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The first pig-heart transplant patient was denied a human heart after failing to follow doctors' orders
Patients who miss appointments or forget medication may be denied a spot on the organ waiting list.…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Ray Romano reveals he had surgery to prevent a 'widowmaker' heart attack after doctors discovered a blockage in one of his arteries
Ray Romano, who's currently promoting his film "Somewhere in Queens," said that he had "90 percent …