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OPINION

 Inspire Us, Tiger 


Feb 27, 09 9:23 AM CST
(Newser) - Ignore the nonstop gloom and doom of economic news to consider a wonderful thing: Tiger Woods is playing golf again. Woods has been rehabbing his left knee since just after his gutsy 2008 US Open win settled forever the question of whether a golfer could be called an “athlete,... More »

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golf • Tiger Woods • surgery • Gene Robinson • US Open • knee injury • ligament • economy • US Open Golf

Everyone, Even Tiger, Is Watching That New Knee

Golf great is optimistic about return, but no more sure than the rest of us

Feb 25, 09 9:26 AM CST
(Newser) - As Tiger Woods returns to golf today after an 8-month hiatus, the big question is how his surgically repaired left knee will hold out, the Miami Herald reports. If the injury that had plagued him for years is really fixed, could Tiger’s swing become even more fearsome? “I’... More »

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golf • Tiger Woods • surgery • PGA Tour • torn ACL • knee injury • Match Play Championship

Ginsburg Back in Court After Cancer Surgery

Docs optimistic, but senator predicts justice has 9 months to live

Feb 23, 09 10:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg returned to the Supreme Court today, 18 days after her surgery for pancreatic cancer, the AP reports. Doctors gave her an encouraging prognosis after removing a small malignant tumor, but in a speech this weekend, Sen. Jim Bunning said Ginsburg would be dead within 9 months,... More »

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cancer • surgery • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • justice • pancreatic cancer • US Supreme Court • Jim Bunning • malignant tumor

'Blade Runner' Recovering After Boating Crash

He still plans to compete in May Paralympics

Feb 23, 09 3:24 AM CST
(Newser) - Oscar Pistorius, the double-amputee champion sprinter known affectionately as Blade Runner for his carbon-fiber running legs, is recovering from head and face injuries after a boating accident in South Africa. He and his friends were aboard a vessel that hit an unknown object, CNN reports. Pistorius, 22, has since had... More »

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surgery • Oscar Pistorius • accident • Blade Runner • Paralympics • boat accident

(AP) - Ruth Bader Ginsburg's cancer was found at the earliest stage and has not spread beyond her pancreas, the Supreme Court said today. The 75-year-old associate justice returned home to Washington after being released from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. Doctors removed Ginsburg's spleen and a portion... More »

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surgery • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • tumor • pancreatic cancer • pancreas • US Supreme Court • Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center • benign • spleen

(Newser) - Usher’s wife is in “stable condition” following an unidentified problem during surgery, People reports. A statement from the family said 37-year-old Tameka Raymond is resting after “suffering complications from routine surgery in Brazil. No further details will be released, and the family requests privacy at this... More »

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plastic surgery • surgery • Brazil • Grammy Awards • Usher • Tameka Foster • Tameka Raymond • complications • medical emergency • stable condition

US Doc Faces Charges in 13 Aussie Deaths

Manslaughter hearings set against former surgery boss

Feb 8, 09 4:56 AM CST
(Newser) - An American doctor faces charges of negligence and manslaughter in 13 patient deaths in an Australian hospital, AP reports. Dr. Jayant Patel, former head of surgery in a state-run Queensland hospital, failed to disclose disciplinary measures taken against him by medical boards in both New York and Oregon. Patel faces... More »

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Australia • surgery • extradition • manslaughter • negligence • Jayant Patel

Ginsburg Faces Long Odds in Cancer Fight

Justice remains hospitalized, plans quick return to bench

Feb 6, 09 3:13 PM CST
(Newser) - Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s pancreatic cancer is likely the more common, deadlier variety, with a high incidence of recurrence and a grim survival rate, HealthDay reports. Doctors took some comfort in the likelihood the cancer was found early. “She was able to have surgery, and only people who are... More »

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surgery • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • chemotherapy • survival rates • pancreatic cancer • radiation • US Supreme Court • recurrence • adenocarcinoma

Face Transplant Patient Leaves Cleveland Hospital

Subject of experimental surgery released after a 2-month recovery

Feb 6, 09 3:02 PM CST
(Newser) - The subject of the first face transplant performed in America was released from the hospital yesterday, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. The patient left after 2 months of recovery from the experimental, 23-hour procedure. She enjoys being able to once again drink from a cup and taste a hamburger, the... More »

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surgery • Cleveland • patient • face transplant • Cleveland Clinic

Justice Ginsburg Has Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer

Doctors remove cancerous tumor from Supreme Court's lone woman

Feb 5, 09 12:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg underwent cancer surgery today, NPR reports. The court’s only current female jurist, 75, was to have a tumor removed from her pancreas at a hospital in New York. Ginsburg underwent successful treatment for colon cancer 10 years ago. Her pancreatic cancer was discovered... More »

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cancer • surgery • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • New York • pancreatic cancer • US Supreme Court • justices

Docs Remove Donor Kidney Through Vagina

Less-painful procedure could pave the way
to more donations

Feb 3, 09 3:08 PM CST
(Newser) - Doctors in Maryland removed a kidney from a donor through the vagina in what they believe to be the first operation of its kind, the Baltimore Examiner reports. The procedure reduced the 48-year-old donor’s pain and recovery time compared with more traditional methods. “We are all about trying... More »

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medicine • medical breakthrough • Maryland • surgery • kidney • doctor • Johns Hopkins University • organ donation

Cancer Study Unlocks Clues
to Who Lives,  Who Dies 

Breakthrough helps docs decide treatment

Feb 2, 09 8:09 AM CST
(Newser) - A new discovery may help predict whether a woman with breast cancer is more likely to live or die, reports Reuters. The breakthrough may help doctors make vital decisions about which patients should be treated the most aggressively. Researchers discovered patients were more likely to survive the disease if they... More »

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breast cancer • surgery • chemotherapy • cancer treatment • radiation • DyNeMo Biosystems

 Seeking Surgery 
 at 80? You're Not Alone 

Operations on elderly patients raise questions about aggressive treatments

Jan 18, 09 7:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Folks over 80 are increasingly going under the knife despite critics who say it's unethical or financially perilous, the Sacramento Bee reports. New medical technology has persuaded doctors to violate tradition and perform operations like cancer and open-heart surgery on octogenarians. But one doctor has sparked controversy by saying patients... More »

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health care • health care costs • elderly • surgery • Medicare

 McCready
 'Recovering
 Nicely' 

Doctors repair tendon in country singer's left rm

Dec 19, 08 10:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Country crooner Mindy McCready is in stable condition after attempting suicide, the New York Daily News reports. Roger Clemens' former mistress underwent surgery in Nashville yesterday to fix a tendon in her left arm. "She is recovering nicely," a source said. A "very intoxicated" McCready slit... More »

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surgery • Roger Clemens • country music • Mindy McCready • suicide attempt

 Baby Born With 
 Extra Foot ... in Brain 

Foot, other partly formed appendages may have been from twin that grew within

Dec 18, 08 5:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Surgery to remove a brain tumor from a 3-day-old Colorado boy turned up something “borderline unheard-of,” his doctors say: a foot. When the pediatric neurosurgeon operated Oct. 3 on Sam Esquibel, he saw a small foot, other half-formed appendages, and even intestines in the baby’s head, reports... More »

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surgery • brain • infant • tumor • brain surgery • brain cancer • brain tumor

Surgeon Amputates
Using Texted Instructions

Phone helps save Congolese teen

Dec 3, 08 5:11 PM CST
(Newser) - A volunteer surgeon in a Congolese war zone followed texted instructions to perform an amputation that saved a 16-year-old boy's life. The teen's badly injured and infected arm required that his collar bone and shoulder blade be immediately removed, but Dr. David Nott had never conducted such a procedure. He... More »

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medicine • cell phones • surgery • Democratic Republic of Congo • text message • Doctors Without Borders • Rwanda • amputation • rebel fighters

 Conjoined UK Twin 
 Dies After Separation 

Lung failure dooms week-old Hope Williams; sister Faith in stable condition

Dec 3, 08 10:33 AM CST
(Newser) - A British conjoined twin died today, one day after being separated from her sister, the BBC reports. One-week-old Hope Williams’ “lungs were too small to support her breathing and circulation,” the lead surgeon at a London hospital said. Her sister, Faith, is stable but needs more surgery. The... More »

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London • surgery • conjoined twins • lung failure

Barbara Bush Released
From Hospital

'Silver Fox' said to be in good health

Dec 2, 08 1:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Barbara Bush is headed home today, reports the Houston Chronicle, less than a week after surgery on a perforated ulcer that left her, in her husband’s words, “in extraordinary agony.” Though the former first lady skipped a hastily assembled news conference, her husband said she was recovering... More »

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surgery • Barbara Bush • hospital • George HW Bush • perforated ulcer

Surgery Looms for Teen
Mom's Conjoined Newborns

Brit parents refused to
abort Faith and Hope

Nov 30, 08 6:07 AM CST
(Newser) - A medical decision will be made this week on when and how to separate the conjoined newborns of an 18-year-old London mom. The baby girls are joined from chest to navel and share a liver, but have two hearts, reports the Daily Mail. "They're little fighters," said the... More »

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London • surgery • twins • conjoined twins • hospital • Britain

Ulcer Hurt 'Worse Than Childbirth'

Barbara Bush in good spirits after serious health scare

Nov 27, 08 12:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Barbara Bush is making a quick recovery after surgery for a perforated ulcer that was causing pain she described as "worse than childbirth," the Houston Chronicle reports. The 83-year-old was sitting up and joking less than a day after the procedure, which her husband called "serious and... More »

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surgery • Barbara Bush • hospital • George HW Bush • George W. Bush • perforated ulcer

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