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About 75,000 patients a year die from infections they caught in the hospital. A Kaiser Health News analysis finds that nearly 700 hospitals across the nation have higher than expected infection rates.
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Brazil has surpassed the U.S. as the world capital of plastic surgery. All this cosmetic enhancement is widely embraced in a country where women flaunt, rather than hide, having work done.
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Tribal elders now receive training for safer procedures. But last month, at a 3 a.m. ceremony in the forest, an elder from the Bukusu tribe accidentally cut off a 13-year-old's penis.
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The 'Sound Medicine' program for July 20 includes Alleviating the impact of traumatic brain injuries with yogaWhat happens when the unexpected happens…
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After speaking on "Sound Medicine" in November, Dr. Sid Schwab returns to discuss what happens when well-done surgeries have bad outcomes and the…
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Last summer, reporter Sandy Roob sat in on an art class at the Indianapolis Art Center, where Indiana University plastic surgery residents sketched a nude…
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A Houston internist who supported the Affordable Care Act now finds that many of her patients who bought less expensive coverage have trouble getting the specialized care they need.
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Dr. James Chang of Stanford University uses hands sculpted by Rodin, together with 3-D technology, to create an experience of augmented reality for his students and surgery trainees.
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Jill Ditmire reports on a study out of Emory University that found ice packs help lessen pain after major abdominal surgery; the continual rise in…
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http://media.soundmedicine.org/segments/111013_7.mp3Sid Schwab, M.D., a semi-retired surgeon and author of “Cutting Remarks: Insights and Recollections of…