Rick Perry to Have Surgery Friday to Repair Clavicle
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(AUSTIN, Texas) — Texas Governor Rick Perry will have surgery Friday to repair his right clavicle, which did not heal after a 2009 bicycle accident, Catherine Frazier, Perry’s press secretary, confirmed to ABC News.T…
Surgeon Gave Teen Daughter Breast Implants
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.) — A California plastic surgeon is keeping it in the family by performing multiple cosmetic procedures on his own young daughters.Dr. Michael Niccole, founder of the CosmetiCare Plastic Surgery Center in Ne…
Doctor Live-Tweeting Coronary Bypass Surgery
Keith Brofsky/Thinkstock(HOUSTON) — Doctors tweeting throughout surgery and providing pictures and video is not new, but tweeting during open-heart surgery? That’s happening for the first time Tuesday.Surgeons at Memorial Hermann Northwest Hospi…
Celebrity Voices Saved by Surgery
Kevin Mazur/WireImage(NEW YORK) — Singer-songwriter Adele will take the stage at the Grammys on Sunday, giving her first performance since she had surgery in November for a vocal cord hemorrhage. Though operations have saved several famous voices in r…
Knee Replacements Double in 10 Years, Study Says
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — More Americans are getting total knee replacements than ever before, according to the first national estimate of the procedure’s frequency. In 2009 alone, the number of surgeries topped 600,000, twice the n…
Schwarzenegger, Stallone: Friends Who Have Surgery Together
Arnold Schwarzenegger/WhoSay.com(LOS ANGELES) — Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone have starred in movies together and gone into business together, so why not have surgery together?The aging action heroes recently found themselves at the sam…
Study Finds Possible Link Between Anesthesia and ADHD
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(ROCHESTER, Minn.) — Young children who undergo multiple procedures requiring anesthesia could be at higher risk for developing attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) later on, according to a new study published in the…
Re-Operation Rates Vary Among Breast Cancer Surgery Patients
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(CHICAGO) — Women who undergo certain types of breast cancer surgery may be more likely to face subsequent surgeries, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Researchers found that n…
Protein-Free Diet May Make Surgery Less Risky
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(CAMBRIDGE, Mass.) — Doctors usually tell their patients not to eat or drink the night before surgery. But there’s new evidence that food consumed weeks before an operation could affect how the body responds to the …
Can Giving Drugs to Breast Cancer Patients Before Surgery Save Lives?
Comstock/Jupiterimages(NEW YORK) — Breast cancer is difficult to treat and, once treated, the potential for recurrence looms large. So instead of just treating breast cancer after it returns, there is also great research interest in giving drugs…
Man Works for 24 Hours without Realizing He Had a Nail in His Brain
Stockbyte/Thinkstock(CHICAGO) — Thirty-two-year-old Dante Autullo was working with a nail gun at his home in suburban Chicago when he misfired, causing a nail to go whizzing past his head, or so he thought. Mr. Autullo had actually just shot himself i…
Bruce Jenner Undergoes Minor Surgery for Skin Cancer
Brian To/FilmMagic(LOS ANGELES) — Sources close to Bruce Jenner have told TMZ that he had surgery on Friday after a biopsy revealed a red mark on his face was an early form of skin cancer.According to the report, Jenner was an outpatient and had a por…
Five-Second Rule? Medics Drop Heart but Transplant Proceeds
Keith Brofsky/Thinkstock(MEXICO CITY) — During a moment caught on tape that is sure to make a few cringe, medics in Mexico are seen bumbling, then dropping, a heart on the ground intended for a 20-year-old female heart recipient.Medics arrived at the …
Skier Sarah Burke in Critical Condition After Torn Artery Repair
JEAN-PIERRE CLATOT/AFP/Getty Images(SALT LAKE CITY) — Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke was in critical condition Thursday after undergoing a successful operation to repair a torn vertebral artery that had caused bleeding to her brain.Burke, 29, su…
Surgery Successful for Celtic Jeff Green
Boston Celtics/NBA(BOSTON) — According to Boston Celtics Coach Doc Rivers, the team was informed Monday forward Jeff Green had successful surgery to repair an aortic aneurysm.
Green will miss the entire 2011-2012 season. He found out during his …
Why So Many Vocal Cord Surgeries for Award-Winning Singers?
Kevin Mazur/WireImage(LOS ANGELES) — For some of today’s most powerful young singers, vocal cord issues have them “rolling in the deep.”The health of singing sensation Adele’s raspy voice, which propelled her into superstardom and has made her a favor…
FDA Targets Risks from Reused Medical Devices
Keith Brofsky/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Having any medical procedure can cause anxiety for patients. But should they worry about the cleanliness of reused medical tools? Some medical instruments are used many times over in routine surgical procedures….
Full Face Transplants: A Cutting Edge Closer Look
Face transplant recipient, Dallas Wiens, speaks at a press conference with Dr. Bohdan Pomahac (L) in Boston, Massachusetts in May 2011. Adam Hunger/AFP/Getty Images(BOSTON) — Surgeons lift the face off one person and transplant it onto another person….
Prince Philip Recovering From Surgery
Paul Edwards – WPA Pool/Getty Images(LONDON) — Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II’s husband for more than 60 years, is recovering after undergoing minor surgery to open a blocked artery.The prince was hospitalized Friday evening after experiencin…