Doctors to remove needles from woman
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Chinese surgeons will try to remove 23 needles from a woman that doctors believe may have been imbedded under her skin by grandparents trying to kill her so that a baby boy might take her place.
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Two local healthcare companies this week alerted the government that they will soon eliminate a total of about 160 jobs.
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In the wake of more than 400 deaths nationwide from heroin laced with the painkiller fentanyl, some needle exchange programs are giving addicts prescriptions for a drug to keep on hand to halt an overdose.
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For 40 years, doctors have cleared blockages of the carotid arteries in the neck, which supply blood to the head, by surgically removing plaque from the vessels.
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Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell, who became governor in July when former chief executive John Rowland resigned, will have all or part of her breast removed today because of cancer doctors discovered last week.
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A woman undergoes an operation to remove a swab left inside her during a Caesarean delivery.
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A terminally-ill woman removed from the UK after her visa expired is to start hospital treatment in Ghana.
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A woman of 29 being treated for cervical cancer had one of her ovaries removed and then implanted into her arm, doctors reported yesterday.
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Doctors get a second warning about misusing the pain drug.
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An Atlanta attorney will have surgery next month to remove lung tissue infected with extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis, hospital officials said Thursday.
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Drug-using prisoners may be given clean needles under a scheme being considered by the Scottish Prison Service (SPS). The service has confirmed it is considering handing out kits to inmates as part of a harm-reduction programme.
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Women will be told to consider longer acting methods including injections and implants
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New medical guidelines allow experienced nurses as well as doctors to decide on resuscitating patients.
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Doctors were told yesterday to restrict the use of the NHS&#39;s frontline painkiller for very sick patients in an attempt to eke out supplies.
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The government's shake-up of GP out-of-hours care has been criticised by an inquiry into a death of woman.
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DANVILLE, Pa. - A woman is suing a doctor who operated on her, accusing him of leaving a 4-inch metal instrument inside her uterus.  In her lawsuit, Lori Klinger, 35, said she experienced severe pain after Dr.
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