Johnson conscious after brain surgery
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Sen. Tim Johnson has been conscious at times since his emergency brain surgery last week, his spokeswoman said Monday. But he is currently being sedated so he can rest.
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A man who weighed about half a ton when he was admitted to a hospital was recovering Wednesday from obesity surgery.
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Sen. Tim Johnson is reading news clippings and starting to do some office work from the hospital, almost two months after suffering a life-threatening brain hemorrhage. "At this point, he has requested more contact with office and is looking for updates from staff," his office said in a statement Friday.
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Sioux Falls, South Dakota - A man who weighed about half a ton when he was admitted to a hospital was recovering on Wednesday from obesity surgery.
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The experience of other people who have suffered bleeding from arteriovenous malformations inside the brain suggests that Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.), who underwent emergency surgery for that condition Wednesday night, has at least a 50-50 chance of full recovery.
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Legendary soul singer James Brown has successfully undergone surgery in Atlanta to treat his prostate cancer. &quot;Mr. Brown has successfully undergone a localized prostate cancer procedure and is resting comfortably
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet is conscious and stable after undergoing a heart by-pass operation on Sunday, a hospital doctor said.
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U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson will not need additional surgery, the U.S. Capitol physician said on Thursday, adding the South Dakota Democrat was having an "uncomplicated post-operative course."
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A patient in a vegetative state can communicate using her thoughts, according to research.
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A MAN who weighed about half a tonne when he was admitted to a US hospital was recovering today from obesity surgery. Doctors said he was &quot;doing very well,&quot; moving around and even cracking jokes.
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More than two months after suffering a brain hemorrhage, South Dakota Sen. Tim Johnson has left a Washington hospital and entered a private rehabilitation facility, his office said Tuesday.
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Now that surgeons have operated on Stacey Gayle's brain, her favorite musician no longer makes her ill. Four years after being diagnosed with epilepsy, Gayle recently underwent brain surgery at Long Island Jewish Medical Center to cure a rare condition known as musicogenic epilepsy.
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Tim Johnson of South Dakota undergoes emergency brain surgery, as Washington waits for a prognosis that could affect the balance of power
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A South Korean boxer who lost consciousness after winning his WBO intercontinental flyweight bout was in a coma with a brain injury.
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NEW YORK  - Heart surgery is a frightening  prospect for many people, but now imagine undergoing the  operation completely awake! That's what seven patients treated  at a hospital in Turkey went though -- in a planned, deliberate  study.
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Dr James Bennett said the 71-year-old soul star was &quot;resting comfortably&quot; after surgery at the Midtown Urology Surgical Centre in Atlanta, in the US.
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More than a hundred million people have surgery yearly, inhaling anesthetics to put them under. Some scientists think the drugs could hasten the brain's decline. In Bodyhack.