"High School Musical" star Efron has appendectomy
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Zac Efron, star of the "High School  Musical" hit teen franchise, was recovering on Wednesday from  emergency surgery to remove his appendix, his publicist said.
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Comedian Rodney Dangerfield was hospitalized Tuesday for heart valve replacement surgery.
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&quot;High School Musical&quot;  heartthrob Zac Efron will host the Australian version of the  Kids Choice Awards on October 10.
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Leslie Mann, a veteran  of "Knocked Up" and "The 40-Year-Old Virgin," will play the  wife of "High School Musical" hunk Zac Efron in the teen comedy  "17." Efron plays a grown man who finds himself back in high  school as a 17-year-old. Burr Steers is directing the New Line  project.
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&quot;X Men&quot; star Patrick Stewart underwent a pre-emptive angioplasty last week in Los Angeles on the advice of doctors who discovered a potential blood flow problem during an examination.
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Ben Roethlisberger will miss at least one game following his emergency appendectomy. Hines Ward, who had the same procedure four years ago, will be surprised if the Pittsburgh quarterback misses a second.
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It&#39;s a doggone shame when the star of a movie needs surgery shortly before the film opens. But that&#39;s what happened to Benji (she&#39;s the fourth Benji).
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The actor is bracing up for his first romantic comedy.
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Denver Nuggets forward Nene has undergone successful surgery to remove a testicular tumor, the team said on Tuesday.
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Hollywood&#39;s young stars turned out  to shine at the Teen Choice awards on Sunday with television  sensation &quot;High School Musical 2&quot; winning a top honor for best  TV movie.
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Pop star Jamelia is recovering in hospital following a hernia operation after she collapsed during filming in Spain.
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SIOUX FALLS, SD - A day after surgeons reduced the size of his stomach in a nine-hour surgery, Patrick Deuel - who once weighed 1,072 pounds - moved around and even cracked a couple of jokes from his hospital bed, his doctor said Wednesday.
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Japan&#39;s Crown Prince Naruhito underwent surgery at a hospital Wednesday to remove a benign growth in his intestines, the palace said.
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NEW YORK  - In the current decade, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of obese adolescents having surgery to help them lose weight, although weight loss surgery remains an uncommonly performed procedure in young people.
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NEW YORK  Â ESPN anchor Stuart Scott will return to the air Friday night after an emergency appendectomy last month revealed a malignant tumor.
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"Mean Girls" star Lindsay Lohan was recovering at a hospital after being admitted with a high fever and headache, her publicist said.
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An Illinois teenager who underwent surgery at sea after her appendix ruptured on a Mexican cruise was to return to the mainland Tuesday aboard the U.S. aircraft carrier that came to her rescue.