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    Mother of two plans her own funeral after cancer diagnosis
    Massachusetts

    Mother of two plans her own funeral after cancer diagnosis

    A Utah mother of two has started planning her own funeral after learning she only has three months to live While Erika Diarte-Carr, 33, was in the hospital for shoulder surgery in May 2022, she learned she had stage 4…

    Posted on Idris Bevan
    Husband William Bryan of Alabama dies on the operating table at a Florida hospital after Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky removes a liver
    Massachusetts

    Husband William Bryan of Alabama dies on the operating table at a Florida hospital after Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky removes a liver

    An Alabama husband died on an operating table in Florida when doctors mistakenly removed the man’s liver during surgery and the surgeon tried to pass the organ off as an “enlarged spleen,” according to an attorney representing the man’s widow….

    Posted on Idris Bevan
    Doctor mistakenly removes liver instead of spleen: lawsuit
    Tennessee

    Doctor mistakenly removes liver instead of spleen: lawsuit

    According to a lawsuit, a surgeon accidentally killed a patient by removing his liver instead of his spleen. Beverly Bryan is suing Ascension Sacred Heart Emerald Coast Hospital in Florida and Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky over the death of her 70-year-old…

    Posted on Eira Gwyneth
    New facility for surgical-technical center
    Alabama

    New facility for surgical-technical center

    ELKHART, IN (WSBT) — The goal of Elkhart Community School’s new technology center is to give students the opportunity to learn about a career that was previously unavailable to them. Staff, students and donors gathered at Elkhart Community School to…

    Posted on Idris Bevan
    Waiting vs. surgery: almost complete responses in rectal cancer
    Washington

    Waiting vs. surgery: almost complete responses in rectal cancer

    For many patients with rectal cancer, the acquisition of a stoma is a terrible prospect. To delay and potentially avoid this life-changing surgical intervention, the watchful waiting approach is increasingly being used in patients with locally advanced disease who have…

    Posted on Madoc Meredith
    Practicing several sports at the same time can pay off
    Colorado

    Practicing several sports at the same time can pay off

    Multiple sports Dr. Murphy says that participating in multiple sports helps build endurance, balance and range of motion, among other things. For example, a child might run cross country in the fall and play baseball in the spring. “They strengthen…

    Posted on Madoc Meredith
    Does headache surgery really work? Neurologists are not convinced
    Enterprise

    Does headache surgery really work? Neurologists are not convinced

    Jeffrey E. Janis, MD, is on a mission. The professor of plastic surgery, surgery, neurosurgery and neurology at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio, wants to convince neurologists of the safety and effectiveness of nerve decompression surgery…

    Posted on Idris Bevan

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