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1 hr ago | The Orlando Sentinel

4-pound hairball in stomach of 400-pound Florida tiger

While Ty reclined drowsily in the back of Vernon Yates' white pickup, about a dozen reporters and photographers stood less than 2 feet from his open cage, snapping photos of him - and of themselves, standing within inches of the 400-pound Siberian tiger.

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Related Topix: Florida, Medicine

3 hrs ago | Rock FM

Bad Hairball Day! Tiger Needs Stomach Surgery

Veterinary surgeons in Tampa Bay were called in after Ty the tiger failed to hack up the monster obstruction all by himself.

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Related Topix: Medicine

6 hrs ago | Air Force Times

New chapter begins for 79th Medical Wing

The 79th Medical Wing broke ground May 22 to begin the construction of the new Malcolm Grow Medical Clinic Campus at Joint Base Andrews, Md.

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Related Topix: Medicine, US Military, US Air Force, Fort Belvoir, VA

Wed May 22, 2013

ABS-CBN News

Bella Flores laid to rest in Bulacan

Flores was brought to her final resting place at the Hardin ng mga Bituin Our Lady of Eternal Peace in San Juan del Monte, Bulacan after a Mass attended by family and friends.

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Related Topix: Medicine

WFMY 2 Greensboro

New Heart Procedure Performed On Patients In Winston-Salem

It may look a bit odd and not like something that should be inside your body, but for some heart patients it's a welcoming site.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Cardiology, Food and Drug Administration

The Beaumont Enterprise

Dr. Michael Eisemann of the Eisemann Plastic Surgery Center in...

Dr. Michael Eisemann of the Eisemann Plastic Surgery Center in Houston Has Been Named a Top Doc by H Texas Magazine Dr Michael Eisemann of the Eisemann Plastic Surgery Center has been named a Top Doc by H Texas Magazine is a publication that is focused on Houston and its events, lifestyle and people that make a difference or have an impact on ... (more)

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Related Topix: Medicine, Plastic Surgery

WJRT

New knee repair, a better fix

There is a new way to keep reconstructed knees from breaking down again. Half of the people who suffer torn ACL's will need reconstructive surgery, but studies show many of those procedures will not have lasting results.

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Related Topix: Medicine

Sunday Herald

A 250,000 a year for spine surgeon who botched operations

FRESH questions about the system of checks on private hospital surgeons have been raised after it emerged a Scottish spinal surgeon who bungled operations potentially earned more than 250,000 from 400 operations in a year.

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Related Topix: Medicine

The Guardian

Surgeons fear online performance data will damage reputations

Individual rates to be published for the first time in a move hailed as a 'watershed moment' for the profession Surgeons' individual performance data is to be published online to improve transparency and drive up standards.

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Related Topix: Medicine

Evil Beet Gossip

What, Seriously? "Doctors" Agree Taylor Swift Got Breast Implants

Taylor Swift is picked on for all kinds of things these days, so why not start analyzing her boobs, right? So there are some "plastic surgeons" who are saying that it's "pretty obvious" that Ms.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Plastic Surgery, Dolly Parton, Country

FarmingUK

Junior Staff Surgeon

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY MEDICINE WEST CAMBRIDGE SITE JUNIOR CLINICAL VETERINARIAN IN SMALL ANIMAL SURGERY Limit of tenure: One Year We require a Junior Staff Surgeon to join the small animal surgery team in the Queen's Veterinary School Hospital from 1 July 2013 to support the surgery services in all aspects of clinical ... (more)

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Related Topix: Medicine

Tue May 21, 2013

The Recorder

Full text: Baystate Franklin hospital president's letter on keeping services local

As spring finally comes to Franklin County, it's great to meet up again with folks we have not seen through the winter, and to enjoy the annual greening happening around us which speaks of new life.

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Related Topix: Franklin County, MA, Greenfield, MA, Deerfield, MA, Medicine, Nursing, Infectious Diseases

WRIC-TV Richmond

Number Of Young People Getting Botox Increasing

If the rise in Botox procedures is any indication, the fountain of youth might be found in a syringe, even for 20-somethings whose signs of aging are often invisible to the naked eye.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Plastic Surgery

EurekAlert!

Sexual function in older adults with thoracolumbar–pelvic instrumentation

Charlottesville, VA . Surgeons investigated sexual function in 62 patients, 50 years and older, who had received extensive spinal-pelvic instrumentation for spinal deformity at the University of Virginia Health Center.

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Related Topix: Charlottesville, VA, Medicine, University of Virginia, Back Pain, Health

UTV

I was addicted to cosmetic surgery'

Model Alicia Douvall spent more than A 1 million on over 350 operations before she realised she was addicted to cosmetic surgery.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Plastic Surgery

Beckers ASC Review

Protecting Your Practice's Online Identity: 4 Things ASC Physicians Should Know

Physicians and surgeons are acutely aware of the effect public image has on their reputations, but online presence is a relatively new concept.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Marketing, Internet, Science / Technology

Mon May 20, 2013

FiveThirtyEight

Well: No Quick or Easy Choices

By almost any measure, Roseann Valletti's reconstructive breast surgery was a success.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Valley Stream, NY, Genetics, Health, Plastic Surgery, Breast Cancer

Patch.com

Abington Memorial Cancer Program Earns Outstanding Achievement Award

Abington Memorial Hospital's Rosenfield Cancer Center was one of 79 cancer programs in the country to earn a 2012 Outstanding Achievement Award.

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Related Topix: Cancer, Medicine, Health

Sun May 19, 2013

International Business Times

UK Man has Prostate Removed After Tests Reveal 'Jolie' Gene Flaw

A 53-year-old British father has become the first man to have his prostate removed because tests revealed he was carrying a "faulty" cancer gene.

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Related Topix: Prostate Cancer, Health, Medicine, Breast Cancer

Crescent-News.com

Distractions can increase surgeons' potential for mistakes

Just how much attention your surgeon pays to tasks in the operating room can be affected by a number of distractions, recent research suggests.

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Related Topix: Medicine, University of Kentucky, Oregon State University, Hershey, PA