Wrong body part op claims 'rise'
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Operations in which patients had the wrong body parts operated on rose by 50% in three years, figures show.
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A false belief among young patients that the virus can be cured is fuelling a rise in infections, a specialist says.
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How to heal when the inexplicable occurs? Sometimes the right response is acting normal
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By Dennis Rockstroh, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Jun. 23--Q I am in desperate need of advice, and I think I'm being strong-armed.   We had an estimate/proposal with a local air conditioning installer to have a new furnace and air conditioning installed.
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New research does not support  the general belief that obesity increases bone mass and is  therefore good for bone health. A study, in which investigators  corrected for the mechanical loading effect of increasing body  weight, suggests the opposite.
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NEW YORK  - Some men with abnormally small  penises gave a portion of their left arm so that surgeons could  create a more normal-sized organ.
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'Frame exceeds the British Standards set for heavy domestic use' NSFW We know how much you lot enjoy a good e-commerce website gaffe, so we're obliged to the three readers* who forwarded us this nice example from Marks and Spencer:â¦
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Rigel triples overnight, but was it justified?
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BUENOS AIRES  - The chances of dying after  heart surgery seem to be higher for people who are on the short  side than for taller people, Argentine researchers report.
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Q. Yesterday, during a meeting with several other staff members, my boss - who is female, like me - made the following comment: "I like the fact that you've grown your hair longer and gone back to being a blonde. It is so much nicer looking than the spiky hair you had before. You look softer now." All I could ...
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Lancashire moots obesity levy Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service has announced it may introduce a fee for shifting fat people, after a sharp rise in the number of heavyweight call-outs.â¦
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Q I'm a woman, 5-foot-7 and 130 pounds, 46 years old. I've been going to the gym faithfully for a year and have some nice definition in my abs. But I have a weird problem: My sides look very different. When I stand squarely in front of the mirror, I can plainly see that my left side has an hourgl...
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Plastic surgeons slam 'degrading' circus The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS)* has administered a righteous shoeing to a website offering girls the chance to pitch for a boob job and chaps the opportunity of sponsoring the enhancements.â¦
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By Michael Williams Readers' editor  Each week from now on I'll be owning up in this slot to solecisms, slips and just plain inaccuracies. I am sure you will let me know about them. First, two errors from our food pages from 10 June.
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Liberal bias versus right-wing conspiracy is a wonderful distraction. There is evidence enough on both sides. How can opposite claims be true? Confront a physicist with evidence supporting contradictory hypotheses and she will go looking for a more basic cause. Let's try that.
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A WOMAN undergoing cancer treatment has had one of her ovaries transplanted into her left arm, it was revealed yesterday. Despite its unusual new location, the ovary is said to be functioning normally.
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And stilted love scenes make us yawn Comments Bad things have been happening to the male anatomy this week, with torchings and glueings being sustained. Well-known extensions (cars and guns) get a fair mention too. We begin with a sticky situation.â¦