Category: surgery

Woman Sues Doctors for Removing Her ‘Healthy Breasts’ at Age 18

An American woman has sued doctors who prescribed her testosterone when she was a minor and removed her breasts when she was 18. Prisha Mosley, 25, says the doctors committed fraud and medical malpractice with the actions, which were predicated on claims that they would help solve mental health problems such as depression. “Defendants lied…


Lawsuit Filed to Stop Texas Ban on Child Gender Transition Surgery and Hormones

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas and Lambda Legal are suing to stop Texas from banning child gender modification hormones and surgery. The lawsuit, filed July 12 in state district court in liberal Travis County, aims to block Senate Bill 14 before it can go into effect on Sept. 1. “This law would ban necessary…


Formerly Conjoined Twins Welcomed Home 4 Weeks After Surgery

Four weeks after a team of doctors separated Ella Grace and Eliza Faith Fuller, well-wishers gathered in the town square in Center, Texas, to welcome home the formerly conjoined twins and their parents. “It’s hard to express [in] words just how excited we are,” Jesse Fuller, the girls’ dad, told KHOU-TV before the family left the…


Australian Neurosurgeon Charlie Teo Found Guilty of Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct

High-profile Australian neurosurgeon Charlie Teo has been found guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct by the Health Care Complaints Commission and accused of having a “substantially experimental” attitude doing his surgery on two patients. Dr. Teo was facing allegations from the families of two different women—referred to as Patient A and Patient B—who say they were…


Girl Born With Feet Facing Backward Walks Again After Life-Saving Surgery, Dreams to Become a Gymnast

A “one in a million” amputee who was born with both legs bent backward is now dreaming of becoming a gymnast after undergoing a third successful surgery to save her left leg. Seven-year-old Victoria Komada, from the city of Norwich in Norfolk, England, was born with a rare congenital deformity called bilateral tibial hemimelia, a condition that leads…


Angels’ Shohei Ohtani, Anthony Rendon Exit With Injuries

The Angels saw two more stars sustain injuries on Tuesday as Shohei Ohtani and Anthony Rendon exited Los Angeles’ road game against the San Diego Padres. Ohtani ending his pitching performance in the sixth inning due to a blister on his right middle finger. The nail on the same finger broke in the right-hander’s most…


Louisiana Gov. Vetoes Bill Meant to Shield Children From Transgender Procedures

Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, has vetoed a bill that was meant to protect children from transgender gender-change surgeries and other procedures like giving kids cross-sex hormones. House Bill 648, known as the “Stop Harming Our Kids Act,” was passed by the Republican-controlled state legislature along party lines in early June. The bill…


Nadal Having Hip Muscle Surgery, Says Representative

PARIS—Holder Rafa Nadal, who has missed the French Open this year due to injury, is undergoing surgery on his hip muscle, the Spaniard’s representative said on Friday. The 14-time winner in Paris, who has won a men’s joint-record 22 majors, has been out of action since January after hurting his hip flexor in his second-round…


Baby in the Womb Undergoes First-of-Its-Kind Surgery to Place 23 Coils in Her Brain, Is Now Thriving

Doctors have saved a baby’s life in utero with an aggressive, life-threatening brain malformation that could have led to heart failure, severe brain injury, or death after birth. Two months on, the baby’s parents are looking back at their daughter’s extraordinary story. Filmmaker and photographer Derek Coleman, 39, and his wife, human resources professional Kenyatta…


Tiger Woods Withdraws From US Open While Recovering From Surgery

Tiger Woods will not compete in next month’s U.S. Open while he recovers from recent surgery, the major tournament’s organizers said on Monday. The 15-times major winner withdrew from the Masters midway through the tournament due to injury and had fusion surgery on a bone in his ankle last month to address post-traumatic arthritis from…