Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) was hospitalized on Monday after “experiencing severe swelling in her upper left leg” and ultimately underwent surgery for a blood clot, her campaign team said in a statement. The lawmaker, 37, was admitted to the UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, where she underwent a CT scan. Doctors diagnosed […]
Supermodel Christie Brinkley recently announced she had undergone surgery for skin cancer. In an Instagram post on March 13, Ms. Brinkley said she had recently had a carcinoma removed from the side of her face. “The good news for me is we caught the basal cell Carcinoma early. And I had great Doctors that removed […]
WASHINGTON—Attorney General Merrick Garland will undergo back surgery this weekend and delegate his duties to the deputy attorney general during the procedure, the Justice Department said Monday. The news comes as Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin returns to work at the Pentagon following a hospitalization related to prostate cancer that was criticized for being kept secret […]
LONDON—A spaniel born with six legs that was found abandoned in a supermarket parking lot is now like other dogs after having her extra limbs surgically removed. Ariel, who was named for “The Little Mermaid” character because the additional appendage with two paws on the end looked like a flipper, ran through the grass outside […]
An NFL official who was involved in a collision with New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara suffered a fractured fibula and a dislocated knee and will have surgery, the team announced on Monday. In the second quarter of the Saints’ game against the Detroit Lions at the Caesars Superdome on Sunday, Mr. Kamara was […]
First this fall, another round with COVID-19 shuttered Stephen Colbert’s “The Late Show.” Now the show is again sidelined as the host recovers from a burst appendix. The comedian revealed on social media Monday that he’s recovering after surgery, wiping out planned shows for Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. “Going forward, all emails to my appendix […]
ROME—Sophia Loren is expressing gratitude for all the affection she received following surgery needed after the film star fractured a hip and thigh bone in a bathroom fall, her agent said Tuesday. Andrea Giusti quoted the actress, who is 89, as saying: “I thank everyone for the closeness and affection that they are showing me. […]
ROME—Film legend Sophia Loren is recovering from successful surgery for a leg fracture after she fell in her Switzerland home, an agent for the 89-year-old Italian actor said Monday. Agent Andrea Giusti said in an email that Ms. Loren fell in a bathroom on Sunday and the surgery was performed later that day. The operation […]
This episode features Trinity Davis-Floyd, an eight-year-old author of children’s books and a survivor of two open-heart surgeries. Also joining us is pianist and recording artist Jeff Franzel, who has accompanied musical greats such as Frank Sinatra, Josh Groban, Lady Gaga, and more. Tre’ Corley, a multi-Grammy and Dove-winning producer, shares his insights on how […]
While transgender surgery and hormonal treatment go ahead in the U.S., European countries take a more skeptical stance. Some experts doubt the benefits of puberty-suppressing hormones while pointing to evidence of long-term risks. Therefore, they recommend psychotherapy over cross-sex procedures.
A Texas man lost both of his hands and all of his toes after a single flea bite. Michael Kohlhof, 35, was admitted to a San Antonio emergency room after losing feeling in his toes and suffering from what his family initially thought were severe flu symptoms, according to his family’s GoFundMe post. Soon after, […]
Israeli surgeons at Hadassah Medical Center-Ein Kerem performed a miracle surgery and successfully reattached a boy’s head after a car accident in which he was hit while riding his bike. Suleiman Hassan, a 12-year-old Palestinian boy, suffered from an internal decapitation, officially known as bilateral atlanto occipital joint dislocation. The ligaments holding the base of […]
The State Duma (the lower house of Russia’s parliament) on July 14 ratified the third and final reading of draft legislation banning medical procedures carried out for the purpose of gender reassignment. Once parliament’s upper house endorses the bill, it will be referred to President Vladimir Putin for final approval, after which it will become […]
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear on Friday vetoed a bill that the state GOP said would have “protected our children by preventing minors from accessing life-altering sex change surgery and drugs.” The Republican-backed measure “allows too much government interference in personal health care issues and rips away the freedom of parents to make medical decisions for […]
HOUSTON—U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro of Texas is recovering after undergoing cancer surgery in Houston, the congressman said in a statement on his House website. The statement released Monday said Castro underwent successful surgery at MD Anderson Cancer Center after being diagnosed with gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumors. “My prognosis is good. I expect to be home recovering […]
COPENHAGEN, Denmark—Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II, whose half-century reign makes her Europe’s longest-serving monarch, has undergone “extensive back surgery” and the condition of the monarch “is good and stable under the circumstances,” the palace said. The 82-year-old queen will remain in the hospital “for some time to come,” and that will be followed by a period […]
STOCKHOLM—Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf will undergo a planned a keyhole surgical procedure “in the heart area,” the palace said Tuesday. The official announcement did not elaborate on the nature of the surgery. The king is not known to have had surgery for a any serious ailment before. After the surgery, scheduled for Feb. 20, […]
NTD’s Lee Hall sits down with Martin Elliott, Provost of Gresham College and Emeritus Professor of Paediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery at University College London. Martin worked in child heart surgery at the world-renowned Great Ormond Street Hospital for over 30 years, and was on the panel of the China Tribunal considering evidence of forced organ harvesting […]
WASHINGTON—First Lady Jill Biden is doing well following her skin surgery, President Joe Biden told reporters on Thursday, one day after cancerous skin lesions were removed from her face and chest. “She’s doing really well. She was under a long time,” the president said. “She’s up. We had breakfast this morning. She’s recovering.” The 71-year-old […]
