A Surgeon Opens Up, and Not With a Scalpel
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Dr. Thomas R. Russell, the executive director of the American College of Surgeons, discusses medical innovation, the health care crisis and more.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 5 -- The patient lay on the operating table, prepped for transplant surgery. In the air over Lake Michigan on Monday, a twin-engine plane sped his way, carrying a team of surgeons and technicians, along with a donor organ on ice.
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The discounter shows a willingness to think outside the big box.
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A procedure that encourages an egg to begin embryo development without being fertilized could suggest a new way to produce stem cells, at least for certain patients.
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Doctors say patients timid about having surgeries for fear of pain shouldn't put it off: A new focus on patient comfort and advances in pain management are making many procedures nearly pain-free.
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You don&#39;t have to be a brain surgeon to understand there are two Giants who absolutely can&#39;t get hurt if they are to reach the playoffs. Now, one of them is hurt.
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The reason an athlete visits an orthopedic surgeon as opposed to a faith healer should be evident: You can't always count on divine intervention.
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Specially-adapted scanners can be used to help physicians during brain surgery, a study shows.
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People 65 years of age or older  may think twice about having weight loss surgery, according to  a surgeon who performs this operation and has studied the  outcome.
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The recipient of the first partial face transplant has recovered so well she can to go out without people noticing her scars, her surgeon says.
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A new movie brings anesthesia awareness, a rare phenomenon that doctors are still struggling to understand, to life.
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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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Doctors try to balance a patient's trust with new technology.
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A technique for determining whether cancer has spread could save many patients from surgery.
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Imagine you&#39;re lying unconscious on the operating table and before the surgery is over, you wake up. But the doctors and nurses can&#39;t tell you&#39;re awake because you still can&#39;t speak or move a muscle.
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Concern is raised about a new service brought in to provide medical cover outside surgery hours.
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Surgeons get a shock when a patient sheds dark green blood.