Christie Had Weight-Loss Surgery
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey ascended to become one of the country’s top political stars almost in spite of his weight — dismissing those who questioned whether his size disqualified him for ... Read more
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Chris Christie Secretly Had Weight-Loss Surgery
Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, whose long struggle with obesity has been raised as a political liability, secretly underwent weight-loss surgery three months ago, according to a statement from his office on ... Read more
Groundbreaking Surgery for Girl Born Without Windpipe
PEORIA, Ill. — Using plastic fibers and human cells, doctors have built and implanted a windpipe in a 2 ½-year-old girl — the youngest person ever to receive a bioengineered organ. ... Read more
Lessons From Military Surgeries Informed Treatment of Boston Victims
BOSTON — For years, Dr. Michael J. Weaver, an orthopedic trauma surgeon, went to meetings of his professional society and heard surgeons from the military describe what they had learned treating blast ... Read more
Physical Legacy of Bomb Blasts Could Be Cruel for Boston Marathon Victims
BOSTON — So many patients arrived at once, with variations of the same gruesome leg injuries. Shattered bones, shredded tissue, nails burrowed deep beneath the flesh. The decision had to be made, over and ... Read more
Hospitals Profit From Surgical Errors, Study Finds
Hospitals make money from their own mistakes because insurers pay them for the longer stays and extra care that patients need to treat surgical complications that could have been prevented, a new study finds. ... Read more
National Briefing | Health: Hip Replacements Less Successful in Women
Hip replacements are slightly more likely to fail in women than in men, according to research published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine. The risk of failure is low, but women, who make up the majority of ... Read more