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This OB/GYN Rocks Out Before Undergoing Mastectomy (WATCH)
She may be attuned to the importance of the mind-body connection because moments before surgery to remove her breasts, an Ob/Gyn and mother of two,...
Boy’s Touching Plea on Craigslist to Help Mom Battling Cancer
Twelve-year-old Devon Melton overheard his mother's desperate phone call. She was crying because the family faced financial troubles due to her recent bout with...
Child Deaths From Heart Defects Plummets – Thanks to the Britain’s NHS
The British Heart Foundation has released figures that reveal a huge 83 per cent drop in the number of children dying from congenital heart...
‘Peace Ark’ Naval Hospital Ship Arrives in Pakistan to Offer Medical Services
The "Peace Ark" hospital ship of the Navy of the Chinese People's Liberation Army has begun its "Harmonious Mission -- 2013", arriving in Pakistan,...
Mostly Blind Montreal Man, 68, Sees For the First Time
Pierre Paul Thomas, 68, spent most of his life seeing only vague shadows, until an accident left him needing surgery on his face.
His injuries...
‘Intelligent’ Surgical Knife Can Sniff Out Cancer Tissue
Scientists have created an "intelligent" surgical knife that can detect in seconds whether tissue being cut is cancerous, promising more effective and accurate surgery...
Doctors Use 3-D Printer to Custom-design Implant for Baby
An infant who needed CPR every day often stopped breathing. Finally Kaiba's mother learned that her son had a rare obstruction in his lungs...
Second Time Around: How to Find and Embrace a New Career After 50
When you’re in the cockpit on final approach and suddenly have to abort your landing and try again, it’s called a “go-around.” It can...
Basketball Star Hugs His Heart Surgeon After Making Game-Winning Layup
Baxter Holmes, a Boston Globe sports reporter, tweeted a photo after last night's Celtics game that will tug at your heart strings (and perhaps...
Cat Born Without Leg Bones Gets Operation Thanks to Facebook Donors
Harvey, a 4-month-old kitten in Scotland born without bones in his front legs, is happy and healthy. But while his rare genetic condition could...
5-year-old Canadian Empties Piggy Bank to Help Kenyan Baby, Inspires Others to Join
A baby in Kenya needed life-saving heart surgery, but it would cost $23,000 and the family couldn't afford it.
Enter a 5-year old Canadian boy...
UPDATE: Hero Dog Who Lost Snout in Rescue Now Has Beaten Cancer
A veterinarian at UC Davis says a dog from the Philippines who became an international hero after sacrificing her snout to save two young...
Pioneering Breast Cancer Treatment Freezes Tumors, Killing Harmful Tissue
Surgery may soon be a thing of the past for breast cancer patients, thanks to a new technique that destroys tumors by freezing them.
A...
Giant of Medicine Dies at 93: Tribute to a Transplant Pioneer
Dr. Joseph E. Murray, the Nobel laureate who conducted the world’s first successful organ transplant, died Monday at the Boston hospital where the pioneering...
Addicted to Drugs, Yet the Greatest Surgeon America Ever Produced
The most renown American surgeon was born 160 years ago today on September 22, 1852. A new film documents the work of the medical...
Brave Aussie Teen Dedicates Pillows for Others’ Happiness
Throughout her toughest years living with cancer, Brittany Booth's dazzling smile has never faded. And now, through the smallest gesture, the gutsy 15-year-old is...
Drug Test Saves Life: From Cancer to Olympics for Volleyball Star
First the drug tester told American beach volleyball player Jake Gibb that he was suspended. Then he said to call a doctor, because the...
Jamie Moyer: Geezer Hero for the Ages
Old guys everywhere have a little more swagger today. They're holding their heads a little higher. The reason? Major League Pitcher Jamie Moyer refuses...
Twin-Tuition: Man’s Sixth Sense Helps Find Brain Tumor in Brother
When an Australian identical twin with persistent headaches got an MRI scan, nothing unusual was found. But he had a notion that his brother...
The Best Cancer Ever
Mike Stevens is one of the funniest guys I know. In spite of getting wrung through the soul-flattenin’, hand-crankin’ washing machine of cancer treatment...