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NEWS ABOUT: surgeon

surgeon stories: 9 news summaries

(Newser) - Victoria Beckham has apparently helped fuel a mini-fad of nipple surgery following rather noticeable changes that she has been flaunting behind T-shirts, reports the Daily Mail. The operations--which the former Spice Girl may or may not have had--can modify size, color, and shape. One busy London clinic reports a 30%... More »

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plastic surgery • Victoria Beckham • breast implants • surgeon • Posh Spice • nipple rings • nipples

Obnoxious Docs Linked to Dangerous Mistakes

Nurses often afraid to point out errors, ask questions

Dec 3, 08 9:37 AM CST
(Newser) - If your doctor's a jerk, it might be dangerous to your health. Many nurses are reporting that hostile, harried physicians often ignore their summons—or make them hesitant to questions in the first place. This "health care equivalent of road rage" causes errors, dangerous complications, and sometimes the... More »

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nurses • medical errors • hospital • surgeon • attitudes • doctors • anger management

 Herpes Linked to Brain Cancer 

Surgeon's hunch launches vaccine trials

Oct 6, 08 7:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Cancer researchers are finally taking seriously a young surgeon’s decade-long hunch that brain tumors are linked to a strain of herpes that lies dormant in 80% of Americans. The physician speculated that brain cancer patients—many of them affluent and educated—were more vulnerable to common viruses such as... More »

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Ted Kennedy • cancer research • surgeon • herpes • brain cancer

obituary

 Michael DeBakey Dead at 99 

Heart pioneer developed key devices, operated on thousands

Jul 12, 08 7:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michael DeBakey, the pioneering heart doctor considered to be the father of modern cardiovascular surgery,  died last night at 99 in Houston, the Houston Chronicle reports.  During his long career, DeBakey operated on some 60,000 patients, including figures like Russian president Boris Yeltsin, trained thousands of surgeons,... More »

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physician • obituary • surgeon • heart surgery • Michael DeBakey

Short Men
Seek Surgical Stretching

Bone-breaking procedure gaining takers, at $100K a pop

May 31, 08 10:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Short, and even not-so-short men who feel their height is holding them back in life are turning to surgery in growing numbers, Details reports. Clinics abroad offer cosmetic limb lengthening that can add a few inches of height, but the bill can top $100,000 and the procedure, which involves... More »

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surgery • height • surgeon • cosmetic surgery • body image

Doc Linked to 17 Aussie Deaths Busted in Portland

Bungling 'Dr. Death'  faces extradition

Mar 12, 08 10:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - A doctor accused of leaving a bloody trail of surgical mistakes from New York to Australia to Oregon, has been arrested in Portland, the AP reports. Jayant Patel, a US citizen, fled to Oregon in 2005 after an inquiry was launched into botched operations linked to 17 deaths at a... More »

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Australia • medical malpractice • doctor • Oregon • extradition • surgeon • manslaughter • Jayant Patel

Case Against Transplant Doc Raises Concern

Prosecution claims he killed for organs; others say technique to blame

Feb 27, 08 11:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Charges against a California surgeon for hastening the death of a disabled man so his organs could be harvested for transplants has advocates worried, the New York Times reports. At issue is whether Dr. Hootan Roozrokh ignored protocol in pursuit of organs for transplant or if he misused, or misunderstood,... More »

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organ harvesting • organ transplants • medical malpractice • Stanford University • organ donor • hospital • Hootan Roozrokh • surgeon • cardiac-death organ donations • brain-death organ donations • American Society of Transplant Surgeons • Donate Life America • Betadine • adrenoleukodystrophy • California Transplant Donor Network • United Network for Organ Sharing

More Patients Undoing Nips and Tucks

Thousands get 'undo-plasties' after hating plastic surgery

Jan 21, 08 6:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Thousands are feeling a little too "cookie-cutter" with their new nipped noses and tucked chins, one doctor says—so they're ponying up for surgery to look like (gasp!) themselves again. These 'undo-plasties' are becoming big business; some doctors spend half their time as "revision plastic surgeons."... More »

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plastic surgery • Courtney Love • doctor • surgeon • Jenna Jameson • 'reversal' plastic surgery

Transplant Doc Accused of Quickening Patient's Death

Organ-donation controversy erupts

Jul 31, 07 5:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - A San Francisco surgeon is facing unprecedented felony charges of accelerating the death of a 25-year-old disabled man to harvest his organs for transplant. The doctor denies the charges that he acted without a legitimate medical purpose, the LA Times reports, but the controversy is bad news for transplant doctors... More »

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organ harvesting • medical malpractice • organ donor • patient • transplant • disability • doctor • Hootan Roozrokh • Ruben Navarro • surgeon

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