When crew on an Air China flight asked for a doctor, a medic responded and got creative in his effort…
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Air quality to be tested at NYC nail salons
NEW YORK – Air quality sensors will be installed in some New York City nail salons to monitor for hazardous…
Read More‘Dead’ woman wakes up screaming at funeral home
Prosecutors in Germany have charged a doctor with negligent bodily harm for declaring a 92-year-old woman dead, only for her…
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Polish doctors perform rare throat-area transplant
Polish surgeons said Monday they have successfully performed a rare and extensive transplant of the throat area. Dr. Adam Maciejewski…
Read MoreNew ‘one-size-fits-all’ drug could treat Alzheimer’s, MS and brain injury
Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis and traumatic brain injury are four neurodegenerative disorders with very different – and very devastating…
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Necrotizing fasciitis: What is the flesh-eating disease?
The nation has recently been captivated by the tragic story of Aimee Copeland and again by the similar case of…
Read MoreDocs Reattach Teen’s Leg Backwards
Dugan Smith wasn’t going to let a little thing like bone cancer stop him from playing baseball. So when doctors…
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Should 3-parent IVF be allowed to avoid disease?
Britain launched a public consultation on Monday to ask whether controversial “three-parent” fertility treatments should be available to families hoping…
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Doctors successfully transplant heart dropped in street
A heart that was dropped on the ground while being transported to a hospital has been successfully transplanted into a…
Read MoreBoston Doctors Perform Nation’s Second Full-Face Transplant
Less than a month after doctors at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston performed the nation’s first full-face transplant –…
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