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A team of 16 surgeons and nurses successfully concluded 25 hours of delicate surgery Tuesday to separate twin Bangladeshi girls ...

Post-traumatic stress disorder may be a condition of the mind, but research has implicated it in the ills of the body.

Scientists create a joint in the jaw from human adult stem cells, an advance which could revolutionize reconstructive surgery.

Motola, a female elephant who stepped on a land mine 10 years ago and endured painful operations, was fitted Saturday in Thailand for a permanent artificial leg.

Lakers center Pau Gasol had surgery on his left index finger after an injury during practice with Spain's national team. He will be sidelined at least three weeks.

Fox News has an uplifting report about how doctors were able to create a new nose for a woman from Guyana by first growing it on her arm. The young woman was involved in a drive-by shooting in her native country, and through the help of some benevolent doctors and the "Face to Face" program she was able to come to the U.S. for this operation. The surgery was a success and will go a long way towards returning normalcy to her life.

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The Cleveland Cavaliers say LeBron James has had a benign growth removed from his jaw at the Cleveland Clinic.

Kevin Garnett had surgery Tuesday on his right knee after missing all of the Playoffs.

Brett Favre will meet with renowned orthopedic surgeon James Andrews on Tuesday in Alabama to discuss surgery on his throwing shoulder expected to be performed later this week, the St. Paul Pioneer Press has reported.

When Connie Culp heard a little kid call her a monster because of the shotgun blast that left her face horribly disfigured, she pulled out her driver's license to show the child what she used to look like. Years later, as the nation's first face transplant recipient, she's stepped forward to show the rest of the world what she...