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• A New Hip or Knee Can Do a Marriage Good, Study Finds

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• ACL Surgery Can Do Real Damage to Your Brain: Study

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• After Tooth Pull, Opioids Don't Relieve Pain Better Than Other Meds: Study

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• All in the Timing: Many Get Knee Replacement Too Late or Too Soon

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• Another Climate Change Threat: More 'Flesh-Eating' Bacteria?

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• Are Doctors Discarding 'Injured' Kidneys That Might Be Used for Transplant?

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• Artificial Heart Valve Would Grow With Kids, Cutting Need for Repeat Surgeries

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• As Postponed Surgeries Resume, Can U.S. Hospitals Handle the Strain?

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• Can Aspirin Help Tackle Some Cancers?

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• Can Major Surgeries Cause a Long-Term 'Brain Drain'?

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• Clogged Leg Arteries May Not Require Invasive Surgery

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• Compression Stockings May Not Be Needed After Surgeries, Study Finds

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• Could Tissue-Sealing Tape One Day Replace Stitches?

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• COVID-19 Will Delay 28 Million Elective Surgeries Worldwide: Study

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• Do C-Section Babies Become Heavier Adults?

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• Doctors' Ratings Tank When Patients Are Kept Waiting: Study

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• Don't Delay Surgery for Very Early-Stage Breast Cancer, Study Suggests

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• Family Can Help Keep Delirium at Bay After Surgery

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• Fewer Opioids After Eye Surgery Don't Mean More Post-Op Pain

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• For Seniors, 'Silent Strokes' Are Common Post-Surgery Threat: Study

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• For Teens, Weight-Loss Surgery May Not Bring Emotional Gains

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• Give Newborn to Mom Right Away -- After Moving the Electrodes

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• Hysterectomy Procedure Tied to Worse Cancer Outcomes

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• Hysterectomy Tied to Depression, Anxiety

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• Imaging Technique Tracks Down Stray Lung Cancer Cells for Surgeons

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• Is Pot Use a Heart Risk After Surgery?

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• Kids Getting Too Many Opioids After Tonsillectomy

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• More Aggressive Surgery Can Extend Survival From Brain Cancer: Study

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• Most Seniors 85+ Do Well After Colon Cancer Surgery: Study

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• Music Soothes the Stressed Soul Before Surgery

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• New DNA Blood Test May Help Guide Breast Cancer Treatment

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• Older Blood Safe as New Blood for Transfusions

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• One Man's False Teeth Got 'Lost' in His Throat After Surgery

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• Opioid Prescriptions for Eye Surgery Patients Surge

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• Pain Is a Growing Threat to the Nation's Surgeons, New Research Reveals

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• Patients, Not Hospitals, Most Important to Spinal Fusion Outcomes

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• Plastic Surgery Pays Off for Men

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• Prescription Opioids Linked to Poor Outcomes in Kidney Patients

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• Prior Pregnancies May Affect Your Tummy Tuck

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• Radiation Right After Surgery Might Not Help Prostate Cancer Patients

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• Should Pregnant Women Worry About X-Rays?

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• Should You Take a Daily Aspirin to Protect Your Heart?

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• Sooner Is Usually Better for Gallbladder Surgery

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• Spinal Fusion Outcomes Worse for Black Patients, Large Study Finds

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• Surgeons Give 13 Paralyzed Adults Hand, Arm Movement

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• Surgery Helps Babies Missing a Heart Chamber Survive, But Problems Linger

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• Surgery Helps Tough-to-Treat Acid Reflux

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• Surgery Is Far Too Often Fatal for Kids in Poor Nations

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• Surgery May Add Years for Patients With Deadly Brain Cancer: Study

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• Surgery Not a Relapse Risk for MS Patients

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• Surgery? One Type of Anesthesia Is Preferable During COVID-19 Outbreak

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• The Safer Way to Ease Post-Surgical Pain

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• They Had Half Their Brains Removed. Here's What Happened After

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• Tongue, Lip Snip Surgeries May Be Overused in U.S. Newborns

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• Tougher Rules on Opioids After Surgery Doesn't Mean More Pain for Patients

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• What Works Best to Ease the Pain of Sciatica?

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• What You Should Know If Your Surgery Has Been Put on Hold

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• When Is Surgery Not Safe for Seniors?

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• Where Is Your Risk of Dying Greatest After Surgery?

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• Wintertime Smog Tied to Rise in Heart Procedures