With nail in eye, lucky landscaper left without scratch
There must have been a four-leaf clover in those weeds. A 27-year-old landscaper escaped with barely a scratch after a nearly 3-inch nail hurtled into his eye when he accidentally hit it with a...
View ArticleNothing flashy in Cactus' Tuesday staging of 'Elephant Man'
The Cactus Theater was constructed as a cinema and, decades later, revamped into a concert hall. It also has housed elaborate stage productions on a number of occasions, dating back as far as “Buddy!...
View ArticleStem cell 'Wild West' takes root amid lack of US regulation
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The liquid is dark red, a mixture of fat and blood, and Dr. Mark Berman pumps it out of the patient's backside. He treats it with a chemical, runs it through a processor —...
View ArticleCavs' Irving tests knee with brace, questionable for Game 3
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — Kyrie Irving plopped down on a courtside bench following a brisk workout and two team trainers quickly went to work adjusting straps on his new knee brace.The Cavaliers, completely...
View ArticleKerry's surgeon to accompany him to US for leg treatment
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry's orthopedic surgeon will accompany him on the flight from Geneva to the United States for treatment of Kerry's broken leg, the State Department said...
View ArticleHouston doctors perform world's first skill-scalp transplant
Opening a new frontier in transplant surgery, Texas doctors have done the world’s first partial skull and scalp transplant to help a man who suffered a large head wound from cancer treatment.Doctors...
View ArticleNew location means expanded beauty services
Exciting things are happening for Lubbock as Dr. Eric Minns’ full service plastic surgery is moving across town. His new freestanding plastic surgery center will be 10,000 square feet and will...
View ArticleDr. Roach: Find specialist for trochanteric bursitis
Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 78-year old woman with longstanding trochanteric bursitis. I am always offered cortisone injections, and most of them have not worked. When they did, they were short-lasting....
View ArticleFormer Texas surgeon so derelict he left two dead
DALLAS (AP) — A former Dallas neurosurgeon has been described by state regulators as so derelict during operations that his actions led to the deaths of two patients and left others with disabling...
View ArticleDr. Roach: Active reader's genetic high cholesterol may not need statin drug
Dear Dr. Roach: I need a second opinion. I was diagnosed with familial hypercholesterolemia about 30 years ago and have gone through about six doctors (ranging from internist to surgeon to general...
View ArticleSurgeon who attended to Connally in Kennedy assassination dies at 86
HOUSTON (AP) — Dr. James “Red” Duke, a trauma surgeon who attended to Texas Gov. John Connally on the day of the Kennedy assassination before going on to become a familiar television doctor, died in...
View ArticleProsecutors say former surgeon calls himself 'killer' in emails
DALLAS — A Texas neurosurgeon facing criminal charges alleging he may have intentionally hurt patients who had turned to him to resolve debilitating injuries sent a chilling email to his girlfriend...
View ArticleOnce-familiar TV doctor 'Red' Duke dies at 86
HOUSTON (AP) — Dr. James “Red” Duke, a trauma surgeon who attended to Texas Gov. John Connally on the day of the Kennedy assassination before going on to become a familiar television doctor, died in...
View ArticleMehmet Oz returning with 'heal thyself' goal
NEW YORK — During a self-prescribed listening tour with physicians groups this summer, Mehmet Oz learned just how much it annoyed many doctors when their patients say, “I heard on ‘Dr. Oz’...”read more
View ArticleAmid Trump bombast, quiet Carson rises in GOP's 2016 field
LOS ANGELES — Amid all the bombast in the Republican race for president, Ben Carson comes across more like a whisper.He is, in some ways, the anti-Trump — a gentle candidate who lets his record as a...
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