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Teenage leukemia survivor Anise Fletcher dies at 21
LONGMONT -- Anise Fletcher, who made headlines as a 13-year-old leukemia survivor and then again as a dental patient operated on by a surgeon who lacked an active license, died in her sleep May 14 at the age of 21.
timescall.com (3 hours ago)
Val Chmerkovskiy Took Stitches 'Like a Champ,' Says His Plastic Surgeon
"He seemed very much focused on winning," Dr. Rady Rahban tells PEOPLE of the injured Dancing finalist
people.com (7 hours ago)
Reading man killed in Route 222 accident
A Reading man was fatally injured Tuesday morning when his car collided with a tractor-trailer on Route 222 just north of Route 73 in Maidencreek Township, officials said.Leon C. Gibbs Jr., 50, was pronounced dead by a trauma surgeon in Reading Hospi...
readingeagle.com (10 hours ago)
Miami face-eater victim 'recovering well' from wounds
A homeless man whose face was chewed off in a cannibal-style attack on a Miami causeway a year ago is recovering well from his life-changing wounds, but will never regain his eyesight, doctors said on Tuesday. Ronald Poppo, 66, "is very content with where he is right now," playing the guitar in his hospital room...
guardian.co.uk (10 hours ago)
Fort Worth surgeon named president of Texas Medical Association
Dr. Stephen Brotherton says the TMA should work to strengthen primary care in Texas
star-telegram.com (15 hours ago)
Dr. Omar 'Chip' Crothers, 71, changed lives of thousands
Dr. Crothers was a prominent Portland surgeon and the driving force behind the formation of Maine Handicapped Skiing.
pressherald.com (1 day ago)
$13.5 million project underway to expand, renovate Billings Clinic surgical services
Operating rooms, once home to a surgeon and his scalpel, have changed dramatically over the past 30 years. They now also have robots with fingers, lasers and sophisticated video and computer t…
billingsgazette.com (1 day ago)
Yale Surgeon Recounts Moments After Train Crash
Dr. Daniel Solomon, a chief resident in general surgery at Yale-New Haven Hospital, was on the first car of the train heading toward New Haven for his 7 p.m. shift last Friday when the train started to shake.
courant.com (1 day ago)
Surgeon smacked by medical board for prescribing oral sex
A surgeon in Sacramento has had his hand smacked by the state medical board for prescribing oral sex to improve a woman’s gag reflex. The unnamed woman was recommended to have an upper-gastrointestinal endoscopy and told...
examiner.com (1 day ago)
Don't always opt for surgery for a meniscus tear
Dear Running Doc: I am 43 years old and run 35 miles a week. I do five half marathons and two marathons a year. For the last year I've had an ach once in a while on the outside of my left knee: no swelling, and no specific injury. I went to my local orthopedic surgeon who ordered an MRI which showed a lateral...
nydailynews.com (1 day ago)
Plastic surgeon Gregory Antoine, who worked on Boston Marathon victims, honed skills in Miss....
It was approaching midnight on April 15, more than eight hours after two homemade bombs killed three and injured 264 near the finish line of the Boston Marathon.
clarionledger.com (2 days ago)
Most women with faulty gene opt for double mastectomy, area doctor says
CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Most women who discover they have a gene mutation that dramatically increases their chances of breast cancer choose to have both their breasts removed, a Charleston surgeon said this weekend. "If you know that you have that high...
wvgazette.com (3 days ago)
Tom Croft keen to make impact for Lions after speedy recovery
At the start of the season, Australia seemed 10 million miles away to Tom Croft, never mind 10,000 or so. He was recovering from a broken neck sustained in a collision with Nick Easter playing for Leicester at Harlequins the previous April and an operation had left him with a metal plate and four screws to hold...
guardian.co.uk (3 days ago)
Surgeon indicted on health care fraud counts
A federal grand jury has indicted a Milwaukee spinal surgeon on 13 counts of federal health care fraud.
postcrescent.com (3 days ago)
Wisconsin surgeon indicted on health care fraud counts
A federal grand jury has indicted a Milwaukee spinal surgeon on 13 counts of federal health care fraud.
htrnews.com (3 days ago)
Proctologist Prescribes Oral Sex To Treat Gag Reflex
Dr. Deep Throat, I presume? J. Peter Zegarra, a California doctor, has been publicaly reprimanded by the state's medical board after he told a patient to practice oral sex on her husband. The patient had expressed concerns her gag reflex would interfere with an upper-gastrointestinal endoscopy, according to CBS...
huffingtonpost.com (4 days ago)
Black: Veterinary profession leads to deep thought
I’ve been pondering the state of veterinary medicine in the new millennium. These subjects deserve deeper thought or at least a master’s degree thesis: ■ Why a barber and a surgeon should never say, “oops!” ■ The plethora of chicken and the dearth of poultry practitioners ■ The value of veterinarians in the war...
amarillo.com (4 days ago)
Wisconsin surgeon indicted for health care fraud
Dr. Cully White, 44, of Milwaukee, faces up to 10 years in prison and $250,000 on each of 13 counts of federal health care fraud.
madison.com (4 days ago)
Send-off for Miss Brainerd is May 19
WITH TWO HEADERS Send-off party for Miss Brainerd is May 19 A wardrobe viewing and send-off party for Miss Brainerd Lakes 2012 Heather Erickson is 4 p.m. May 19 at Living Word North Church. In June, Erickson will compete for the title of Miss Minnesota 2013 in Eden Prairie with 21 other young women from across the...
brainerddispatch.com (4 days ago)
US television's fall lineup: the best and worst from the 2013 previews
This past week was the television upfronts in New York, when the networks (and the ascendant cable networks) present their new fall show to advertisers at lavish, star-studded parties hoping that someone, anyone, will pay for the dozens of pilots that are ordered every season. Of course there are trailers of all...
guardian.co.uk (4 days ago)
Islands drop bullet charges against 2 Americans
A retired Sarasota surgeon and a Dallas woman had been accused of carrying a single round in each of their bags.
heraldtribune.com (4 days ago)
Scott reappoints 3 passed over agency heads
TALLAHASSEE (AP) - Florida Gov. Rick Scott is reappointing three agency heads passed over by the Florida Senate.Scott on Thursday announced he was reappointing State Surgeon General John Armstrong along with Michael Crews and Jesse Panuccio.Crews is secretary of the Department of Corrections. Panuccio is executive...
staugustine.com (4 days ago)
Gabriel Weston: the surgeon novelist tackling abortion
Gabriel Weston was a vivid memoir of her experiences as a junior doctor. For her first novel, she dissects the loaded subject of abortion, she tells Jessamy Calkin.
telegraph.co.uk (4 days ago)
Gov. reappoints 3 passed over agency heads
TALLAHASSEE (AP) - Florida Gov. Rick Scott is reappointing three agency heads passed over by the Florida Senate. Scott on Thursday announced he was reappointing State Surgeon General John Armstrong along with Michael Crews and Jesse Panuccio. Crews is sec...
yoursun.com (5 days ago)
Suburban doctor remembered as caring leader, excellent surgeon
A portrait of Dr. Peter Pleotis still hangs in the doctors' lounge at Northwest Community Hospital, some 14 years after he retired. The former obstetrician and gynecologist, who practiced 37 years at the hospital, left a standard that his colleagues still measure themselves against. Dr. Pleotis died Monday from...
dailyherald.com (5 days ago)
Plastic Surgeon Explains Modern Double Mastectomy Operations
Dr. Luis Vinas explains how modern surgery has changed the way women undergo double mastectomies today.
palmbeachpost.com (5 days ago)
Dr. Paul Jorden, 1927-2013
Longtime Wheaton orthopedic surgeon spent year in Kenya as a medical missionaryAs a teenager, Paul Jorden cared for his cancer-stricken mother, leading her to suggest he become a doctor because of his bedside manner.
chicagotribune.com (5 days ago)
Cardiologists jump-start national defibrillator study
A Cardiology Center of Amarillo surgeon recently became the first in the U.S. to implant a new type of surgically-installed defibrillator that may help heart failure patients who don’t benefit from conventional defibrillators, cardiologist Coty Jewell said. Jewell, who installed the first Quadripolar CRT-D device...
amarillo.com (6 days ago)
Fifty Shades of Grey, 1940s style: Love affair laid bare in 300 sexy wartime letters
The exchanges between a surgeon and a nurse show little has changed when it comes to sexy messages that keep long-distance love alive
mirror.co.uk (6 days ago)
Surgeon who made errors can continue operating
A surgeon whose mistakes during spinal operations resulted in “serious far-reaching consequences” for nine patients, will not be struck off, a...
thetimes.co.uk (6 days ago)
