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Why 'Girls' Actor Lena Dunham Needed a Hysterectomy at 31Actress Lena Dunham has revealed that she recently underwent a hysterectomy to treat crippling pain from endometriosis.
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Surgeon Left Scalpel in Veteran's Abdomen, Lawsuit ClaimsA veteran in Connecticut is suing a Veterans Affair Hospital, claiming that someone left a scalpel handle inside of his abdomen after surgery, according to news reports.
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Surgeon Signs Initials into Patients' Livers: What Is an 'Argon Beam'?A British surgeon has pleaded guilty to charges that he marked his initials into patients' organs using a medical instrument called an "argon beam coagulator," according to news reports.
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John Mayer's Emergency Surgery: How Common Is Appendicitis?Singer-songwriter John Mayer went to the hospital this morning (Dec. 5) for an emergency appendectomy, or surgery to remove his appendix.
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Man Has Surgery to Remove 263 Coins, 100 Nails from StomachDoctors in India were shocked to find that a patient with stomach pain had swallowed hundreds of coins and nails.
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Why Human Head Transplants Will Never WorkAn Italian neurosurgeon is claiming that his team has performed the world's first "successful" human head transplant, using two human cadavers in China, according to news reports.
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No, Cotton Swabs Aren't the Most Common Cause of Eardrum RuptureCotton swabs aren't actually the most common cause of eardrum rupture, according to the study. Instead, blunt trauma is the leading reason for the injury.
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Perpetually Congested Woman Had a Tooth Growing into Her NoseFor one woman in China, the cause of her congestion turned out to be a tooth growing into her nasal cavity.
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Man Sees Doctor for Stomachache, Has Leaking Lighter Removed from GutOne Florida man's stomach pain turned out to have an unusual cause: A lighter that the man had swallowed was leaking lighter fluid into his gut.
