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China’s latest medical scandal involves a woman who spent a fortune on cosmetic breast augmentation, only to discover her implants contained “filler” tissue from camels, bats, and chimpanzees. 

The South Korean healthcare system was paralyzed on Tuesday by a doctor’s strike, forcing delays in scheduled surgeries and raising public anxiety that essential hospital services will be unavailable.

Zoo workers at Henry Doorly Zoo & Aquarium in Omaha, Nebraska, removed 70 coins from an American alligator’s belly on Thursday.

The King has spent a third night recovering at a private hospital after a procedure on his prostate, triggering “some unease”, it is claimed.

Princess of Wales was admitted to hospital for planned abdominal surgery on Tuesday and is now in recovery that may take months. 

The reason for Jacky Oh’s sudden death at the age of 32 has been released.

A young brain cancer survivor in Creve Couer, Missouri, got a big surprise Friday from some special community members.

A baby received “the smallest pacemaker in world” to help him recover from a dangerous heart condition, CBS News Philadelphia reported.

Doctors say they are seeing a “drastic increase in vasectomies” following the Supreme Court’s decision to overrule Roe v. Wade.

The University of California San Diego (UCSD) wants to pay for “gender-affirming” treatment for students who identify as transgender, including penile and vaginal surgeries.

A young woman has a very special bond with her father that was put on display recently in an operating room.

Police said at a Thursday morning news conference that a surgery patient targeted a specific doctor at Tulsa’s St. Francis Hospital campus because his back continued to hurt after an operation.

A teenager named Griffin McConnell from Golden, Colorado, has achieved the title of national chess master despite having recently endured his fourth brain surgery.

GOP Texas Governor Abbott and AG Ken Paxton have asked state agencies to investigate any reports of children receiving treatment to alter their biological development shortly after Attorney General Ken Paxton defined such treatment as child abuse.

A Massachusetts resident got a huge win thanks to a lottery scratch-off ticket he received a few weeks after undergoing open-heart surgery.

GOP TN Gov. Bill Lee on Tuesday signed into law legislation that prohibits treating minors with life-altering drug treatment or surgery.

Hailey Davidson is being touted as a transgender woman who could be the first to play professional golf with the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) after winning a mini-tour competing against biological women.

State lawmakers in Texas have advanced a bill to protect minors from life-altering drug treatment and surgery in the name of gender identity.

Nearly five million people in England were waiting for a routine operation in February, the highest level in 14 years.

Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) announced Saturday he underwent emergency eye surgery and will be effectively blind for about a month.

A seven-year-old girl from Alabama selling lemonade has raised more than $250,000 through her stand to pay for her much-needed brain surgeries.

An Idaho Secret Santa gave a total of $10,000 to an elementary school special education teacher in need of cataract surgery to see properly.

A young hospital patient looked confused Friday morning and then cracked a smile once she realized that her friends planned a special surprise outside her hospital window.

A Missouri father had his barber shave a lightning bolt design into his head to match his son’s scars from skull reconstructive surgery.

A Virginia obstetrician-gynecologist accused of performing unnecessary surgeries and procedures on his female patients was found guilty Monday on 52 felony fraud charges.

Two-year-old conjoined twins Ervina and Prefina were successfully separated after an 18-hour procedure on Sunday.

An eight-year-old boy from Massachusetts took his first steps following brain tumor surgery on April 28 at Boston Children’s Hospital.

“With CNN, they come out with a report — I don’t put too much credence in it,” Trump said.

A GP surgery in Wales sent letters to patients with serious illnesses recommending them to sign ‘do not resuscitate’ forms in case they contracted coronavirus.

Expanding curbs on elective and cosmetic surgery is preventing people who say they are transgender from getting “lifesaving” operations, according to an article in Vice magazine.

Lawmakers in California have killed a bill that would ban most surgeries on “intersex” infants and young children – those born with ambiguous sex characteristics.

A father of four in Atlanta, Georgia, got a phone call recently, which turned out to be the Christmas miracle his whole family needed.

Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) underwent heart surgery following reports of chest pains, his chief of staff confirmed on Wednesday.

A woman was reunited with her favorite horse last week in Redding, California, while she recovered from major surgery.

A 14-month-old baby recognized his father and smiled after waking up from a five-day coma in the United Kingdom recently.

An amazing video has gone viral that shows a two-year-old boy taking his first steps after surgery for a rare disorder.