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GoPro camera left in cage is attacked by bear

The camera was only saved from being eaten because Bahia pulled the hefty steel clamp attached to it off the wall too, meaning it was too big for her to swallow. Ed Bell, mammal keeper at Durrell Wild... read more

An appalling tale of surgical “teaching” in the operating room

Of course, because I’m a surgeon, I tend to gravitate towards discussions of surgery ... abdomen, which doesn’t sound like a trivial additional loss of blood to me), more time under anesthesia to comp... read more

Common Prostate Problems

An excessively enlarged prostate results in a disease known as benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH. Eventually, an enlarged prostate can clamp down ... bathroom – both during the day and at night. Pyg... read more

Inside car carrying Smith's drowned sons, diver found letter from her ex-lover

That 28-year-old witness, Tom Findlay, also wrote that he was afraid that their backgrounds -- he was a child of privilege, she a child of a mill worker who committed suicide when his wife left him .. ... read more

Medical malpractice lawsuits plummet in Wisconsin

Because the UW doctors are state employees — all state employees are covered by the cap — the ceiling on damage awards of any type is $250,000 per defendant, a cap that applies even if a doctor's negl... read more

Hope For Nonaddictive Opioid Painkillers

These sorts of results are very hopeful, and I hope that such compounds advance to human trials as soon as possible. Pain is an awful problem, but by treating it with addictive compounds medicine has ... read more

Fake organs guide the way for 'impossible' cancer surgery

A few years ago, Anthony underwent surgery to remove a tumor from his brain. Physicians also spotted multiple tumors in both of his kidneys and his pancreas. Operating on Anthony's kidneys posed a sig... read more

Charged With a Crime? Better Check Your Facebook Pictures

Earlier this year, the realms of law and new media collided when Lori Drew was hit with federal charges for creating a fake MySpace page and harassing a neighboring teenager, who then committed suicid... read more

In a pinch: Video of burly man getting clipped by crab goes viral

A YouTube video that tracks a crab walking down a country road ends up taking turn for the painful, and hilarious. The video shows a man wearing a Russian soldier's cap following a group of very unusu... read more

Patients at risk under the knife

When Amanda Cicatello was 15, a surgeon accidentally punctured her aorta with a surgical instrument during an operation to remove ... physician's failure to follow proper standards results in patient ... read more

Remembering a medical legend, with gratitude

It was what I had dreamed of for most of my young life. In the world of surgery, so full of colorful personalities and enormous ego, everyone agreed DeBakey was the best. Simply. I heard about DeBakey ... read more

In-airway molecular flow sensing: A new technology for continuous, noninvasive monitoring of oxygen consumption in critical care

1 Department of Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QZ, UK. 2 Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Ox... read more