Fresh surgery for 'mermaid' girl
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A girl born in Peru with fused legs is undergoing a second operation to have them fully separated.
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Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell underwent surgery to treat breast cancer today at a Danbury Hospital. The cancer was diagnosed last week after a routine mammogram.
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new surgery for women being treated for cervical cancer may protect fertility and stave off ovarian failure.
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A 17-year-old who survived in her car for eight days after it crashed down a ravine has returned home following a complex operation. Her doctors say she should make a full recovery within months.
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Doctors said they expect to perform reconstructive surgery for about 11 hours Thursday on a 4-year-old Kenyan boy who lost much of the left half of his face when he was mauled at birth by dogs in his home country.
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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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Film actress Scarlett Johansson is currently recuperating after having her tonsils removed.
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A woman undergoing treatment for cervical cancer had one of her healthy ovaries successfully transplanted into her upper arm, in order to maintain hormonal function, a Dutch team reports.
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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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There has been a big increase in the number of people undergoing cosmetic plastic surgery.
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LONDON - German surgeons say they have managed to repair severe damage to a seven-year-old girl&#39;s skull using stem cells taken from her fat tissue.
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NEW YORK -- Surgery to separate German twins connected at the head resumed in Maryland on Wednesday after complications affecting one of the girls halted an earlier operation, a hospital spokeswoman said.
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By Marie McCullough, The Philadelphia Inquirer  Jan. 31--Silicone-gel breast implants are back.
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TUESDAY, March 6 (HealthDay News) -- A still-small but growing number of teens are undergoing bariatric surgery, which reduces the size of the stomach, to treat obesity.
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Separation surgery on a two-year-old Indian girl with four arms and legs has been successful, doctors say.
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A teenage girl who has four kidneys is hoping to be able to donate two of them to patients in need of a transplant
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Pop star Jamelia is recovering in hospital following a hernia operation after she collapsed during filming in Spain.