<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Surgery: News &amp; Videos about Surgery - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Surgery</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Surgery from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:56:22 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Surgery: News &amp; Videos about Surgery - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/HEALTH/11/11/breast.cancer.survivors.pain/tztop.breast.reconstruction.gi.jpg</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Surgery</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Surgery from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Many breast cancer surgery survivors report lingering pain</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/11/11/breast.cancer.survivors.pain/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/11/11/breast.cancer.survivors.pain/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Almost half of women who have breast cancer surgery still have pain or numbness two to three years later, according to a new study. Women younger than 40 who receive lumpectomies are at the greatest risk.</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:42:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>What doctors don't tell you about C-sections</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/11/11/caesarean.section.risks/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/11/11/caesarean.section.risks/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>I was six months pregnant when a smiling stranger on a bus asked where I was delivering. Within minutes, this woman was sharing intimate details of her own birthing experience -- the water breaking, the contractions that failed to get closer together, and the way her doctor deftly sewed up the four-inch incision from her Caesarean section. "I'm telling you, this guy was good," she said. "Next time, I'm just scheduling my C-section. None of this pushing stuff."</description><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Does roux-en-Y gastric bypass cure diabetes?</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/expert.q.a/10/30/bariatic.surgery.diabetes.jampolis/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/expert.q.a/10/30/bariatic.surgery.diabetes.jampolis/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>"60 Minutes" had a story several months ago about a type of weight-loss surgery that seemed to also cure type 2 diabetes in many people. Has more research been done on this? Do you need the full bypass of about one-third of the small intestine or just the duodenum and jejunum? My weight problem came about with/after diabetes, not before.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>PTSD linked to higher post-surgery death rate</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/20/ptsd.veterans.mortality/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/20/ptsd.veterans.mortality/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Post-traumatic stress disorder may be a condition of the mind, but research has implicated it in the ills of the body. Now, a new study suggests it may be associated with death after surgery.</description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Breast cancer patients: Don't rush, consider all your options</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/24/breast.cancer.options/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/24/breast.cancer.options/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Less than an hour before her mastectomy was scheduled to begin, Eve Wallinga's surgeon gave her the bad news: Because of unforeseen complications, doctors wouldn't be able to reconstruct a new breast for her immediately after removing her cancerous breast as planned. She was told she'd have to wait another day for the plastic surgery.</description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Breast cancer patients advised to consider options</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/22/breast.cancer.options/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/22/breast.cancer.options/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Less than an hour before her mastectomy was scheduled to begin, Eve Wallinga's surgeon gave her the bad news: Because of unforeseen complications, doctors wouldn't be able to reconstruct a new breast for her immediately after removing her cancerous breast as planned. She was told she'd have to wait another day for the plastic surgery.</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mom won't be forced to have C-section</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/15/hospitals.ban.vbacs/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/15/hospitals.ban.vbacs/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Jeff Szabo was by his wife's side when she gave birth to their son Gabriel seven years ago, and he was right there holding Joy's hand when their younger sons Michael and Daniel were born, too.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>How we're winning the war on breast cancer</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/09/war.breast.cancer/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/09/war.breast.cancer/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>I was 18 when I first felt a lump in my breast. Of course, I was convinced that I was going to die. This was three decades ago -- back when we knew far less about breast cancer. A general surgeon removed the lump, which, thank goodness, wasn't malignant.</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to bargain hunt for health care</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/10/health.care.price.comparison/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/10/health.care.price.comparison/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>When Bridget and Scott Bear were expecting their first child, they wanted to know what it would cost so they could set aside enough money in their health savings account.</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Weight-loss surgery safe, but sleep apnea increases risk</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/29/health.weight.loss.surgery/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/29/health.weight.loss.surgery/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Weight-loss surgery isn't risk-free, but a new study suggests that in the hands of a skilled surgeon, it may be safer than previously thought. However, some people -- including those with sleep apnea or a history of blood clots -- are more likely to have problems with surgery than others, according to a study published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Study: Weight-loss surgery cuts cancer risk in women</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/06/24/health.weight.surgery.cancer/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/06/24/health.weight.surgery.cancer/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Weight-loss surgery can sometimes reverse type 2 diabetes and ease other obesity-related conditions. Now, new research suggests that obese women who undergo bariatric surgery experience a 42 percent drop in their cancer risk.</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>How gunshot survivor became first to receive face transplant</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/06/face.transplant.shooting/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/06/face.transplant.shooting/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Doctors chose a woman who survived a shotgun wound to her face as the first recipient of a face transplant after treating her for nearly four years.</description><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 23:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pastry chef receives double hand transplant</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/07/double.hand.transplant/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/07/double.hand.transplant/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Jeff Kepner just wanted to hold his 13-year-old daughter's hand again.</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 16:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>First U.S. face transplant recipient offers thanks</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/04/face.transplant.patient/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/05/04/face.transplant.patient/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>In 2004, a bullet ripped away Connie Culp's nose, cheeks and upper jaw. Metal fragments sprayed into her skull and stripped her face away, leaving nothing except for her eyes, her chin and forehead.</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 01:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Can gastric bypass surgery reverse diabetes?</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/expert.q.a/04/29/diabetes.reversal.bariatric.brawley/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/expert.q.a/04/29/diabetes.reversal.bariatric.brawley/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Is it true that obese people who have had gastric bypass surgery have experienced a reversal of diabetes condition?</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hospital announces second U.S. face transplant completed</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/10/boston.face.transplant/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/10/boston.face.transplant/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Doctors at a Boston hospital expressed optimism Friday that a man not yet fully awake after undergoing the second partial face transplant in the nation would recover fully.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 20:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lower costs lure U.S. patients abroad for treatment</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/27/india.medical.travel/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/27/india.medical.travel/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>"I was a walking time bomb. I knew I had to get on that plane if I wanted to be around to see my grandkids."</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Circumcision reduces risk of herpes and HPV infection</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/26/healthmag.circumcision.hpv.herpes/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/26/healthmag.circumcision.hpv.herpes/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Men who are circumcised are less likely to get sexually transmitted infections such as genital herpes and human papillomavirus (HPV), but not syphilis, according to a study of adult African men published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>5 operations you don't want to get -- and what to do instead</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/20/healthmag.surgery/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/20/healthmag.surgery/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Maybe I'm the wrong ex-patient to be telling you this: Experimental surgery erased Stage III colon cancer from my shell-shocked body six years ago. But even I've got to admit that all is not well in America's operating rooms: At least 12,000 Americans die each year from unnecessary surgery, according to a Journal of the American Medical Association report. And tens of thousands more suffer complications.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nancy O'Dell Recovering from Knee Surgery</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20267593,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20267593,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>The former DWTS contestant, who "shredded" her meniscus, is "feeling good"</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 23:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Girl recovering after removal of 6 organs, tumor</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/10/multiple.organ.removal.tumor/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/10/multiple.organ.removal.tumor/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Seven-year-old Heather McNamara was heading home Tuesday, a month after surgery that temporarily removed organs from her digestive tract to allow removal of a tennis ball-size tumor.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Heyman: A-Rod will have surgery, return in May</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/03/08/arod.surgery/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/baseball/mlb/03/08/arod.surgery/index.html</guid><description>Yankees superstar Alex Rodriguez will undergo a first arthroscopic surgery to repair a labral tear on his right hip that's expected to keep him out six to nine weeks and has an "85 to 90 percent chance'' of allowing him to play the rest of the season.</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 03:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ian Thomsen: No benefit of the doubt for often-maligned McGrady</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/ian_thomsen/02/27/weekly.countdown/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/ian_thomsen/02/27/weekly.countdown/index.html</guid><description>5. Stars are high maintenance. I was on the phone last month with Pacers president Larry Bird, who was telling me what everyone already knows: To win a championship, you need an elite player.</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Doctors weigh chimp victim's course of treatment</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/20/chimp.attack/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/20/chimp.attack/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A team of doctors at the Cleveland Clinic will spend as much as a week determining how they will treat a woman mauled by a chimpanzee, and whether they will consider offering her a face transplant.</description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 03:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Use of natural openings may ease weight-loss surgery</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/06/orifice.surgery/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/06/orifice.surgery/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>In the fight against obesity, doctors have deployed stern warnings, dieting tips, liposuction and open-incision bariatric surgery. But some surgeons have found another avenue for weight loss.</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Surgeons send 'tweets' from operating room</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/02/17/twitter.surgery/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/02/17/twitter.surgery/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>It's 7 a.m. at Henry Ford Hospital, and surgeons are preparing to remove a cancerous tumor from a man's kidney.</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Face transplant patient regains self-confidence</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/16/face.transplant.patient/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/16/face.transplant.patient/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The woman who received the first-ever near-total face transplant in the United States told her doctor she has regained her self-confidence, said Dr. Maria Siemionow, head of plastic surgery research at the Cleveland Clinic and leader of the transplant team.</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:37:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bruins' Ryder out three weeks after surgery</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/hockey/nhl/02/10/michael.ryder.injury/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/hockey/nhl/02/10/michael.ryder.injury/index.html</guid><description>The Boston Bruins will be without forward Michael Ryder for up to three weeks as he recovers from surgery to repair a broken face bone.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:28:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Surgeons remove healthy kidney through donor's vagina</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/03/kidney.vagina.surgery/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/03/kidney.vagina.surgery/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>In what is being heralded as a "first-ever procedure," surgeons removed a healthy kidney through a donor's vagina, the Johns Hopkins Medical Center has announced.</description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 22:29:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Is passing blood after bariatric surgery normal?</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/expert.q.a/01/21/bariatric.surgery.blood.brawley/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/expert.q.a/01/21/bariatric.surgery.blood.brawley/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>I am seven months post Roux-en-Y bariatric surgery. I am regularly having bloody stools. No pain. The blood is bright red, and I do eat nuts daily. The blood is contained throughout the stool. No diarrhea. I have an appointment with my bariatrician in early January. Can I wait until then to talk to him about it, or should I get in touch with him sooner?</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:55:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>New technique reduces trauma of lung surgery</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/11/21/lung.surgery/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/11/21/lung.surgery/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>More than a decade since it was first pioneered, a technique that greatly reduces the trauma of lung surgery still isn't widely used. But that finally may be starting to change, doctors say.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:29:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Study: Elective C-section babies born before 39th week face risks</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/07/c.section/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/07/c.section/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>When mothers-to-be and their doctors schedule repeat elective Caesarean sections before the 39th week of pregnancy, the baby is up to twice as likely to experience serious respiratory problems and other complications, according to a study published Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine.</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Brain implant better than meds for Parkinson's disease</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/06/parkinsons.deep.brain.stimulation/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/06/parkinsons.deep.brain.stimulation/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>People with Parkinson's disease who have a pacemaker-like device implanted in the brain spend an extra four-plus hours a day free of tremors and involuntary movements than they do on medication, according to the largest study of the treatment, which is known as deep brain stimulation.</description><pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:58:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Look inside Kennedy's brain tumor surgery</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/dailydose/11/19/kennedy.brain.tumor/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/dailydose/11/19/kennedy.brain.tumor/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. Edward Kennedy announced in May 2008 that he was suffering from a brain tumor, a malignant glioma, in his left parietal lobe. He had surgery at Duke University in June 2008.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:52:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Does surgery help arthritic knees?</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/dailydose/12/03/arthritis.knee.surgery/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/dailydose/12/03/arthritis.knee.surgery/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Nearly one in five people in the U.S. has some form of osteoarthritis. The condition, which can affect joints, can cause severe pain and limit mobility. Arthroscopic surgery is a common form of treatment for OA of the knee, but studies on its effectiveness have shown varying results. A new study finds that arthroscopic surgery may not be the answer for many patients with OA of the knee.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:42:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Marty Burns: Wizards' Thomas returns after heart surgery</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/marty_burns/11/06/thomas.wizards/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/marty_burns/11/06/thomas.wizards/index.html</guid><description>MILWAUKEE -- Wizards center Etan Thomas has managed to stay in the NBA for a long time by banging inside the paint, refusing to back down and outfighting bigger foes.</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:41:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Barbara Bush out of ICU after surgery</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/27/barbara.bush/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/27/barbara.bush/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Former first lady Barbara Bush was moved out of the intensive care unit of a Houston, Texas, hospital into a regular room Thursday after surgery to repair and seal a perforated ulcer, a hospital spokeswoman said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 01:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Gastric Bypass Surgery Less Helpful for Diabetics</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1841440,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1841440,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A new study suggests that the common weight-loss surgery leads to less weight loss in patients with diabetes</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Study Doubts Knee Surgery Benefits
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1840470,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1840470,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Nearly a million knee surgeries are performed in North America each year to ease the pain of osteoarthritis -- but researchers say the procedure is a sham</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>'Surreal' surgery impacts med student in India</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/08/22/india.surgical.impact/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/08/22/india.surgical.impact/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Watching a surgery in India was one of the most memorable experiences I have had to date.</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Heart Surgeon DeBakey Dead at 99</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1822185,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1822185,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Dr. Michael DeBakey, the world-famous cardiovascular surgeon who pioneered such now-common procedures as bypass surgery and invented a host of devices to help heart patients, died in Houston, Texas, officials announced. He was 99</description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The No-Incision Appendectomy</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1727656,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1727656,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>New surgical techniques promise a day when organs will be removed through the body's natural orifices -- without scars</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Experts: Two-thirds of hysterectomies unnecessary</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/03/03/healthmag.hysterectomy/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/03/03/healthmag.hysterectomy/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Too Many Hysterectomies? One-third of all women get a hysterectomy before they turn 60. Some experts think two-thirds of them don't need it. </description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Five diagnoses that call for a second opinion</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/08/30/ep.second.opinion/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/08/30/ep.second.opinion/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>After Marci Smith was told she had a malignant brain tumor, she had surgery and then made an appointment with an oncologist to receive chemotherapy and radiation.</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Five ways to avoid a C-section </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/08/23/ep.csection/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/08/23/ep.csection/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>When Barbara Stratton of Baltimore, Maryland, looks back at the birth of her son, Charlie, now 7, she's angry -- angry she had a surgery she believes she didn't need.</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Virtual surgery becoming a reality</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/10/17/fsummit.remotesurgery/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/10/17/fsummit.remotesurgery/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Virtual reality (VR) has come along way since its conception during the 1950's when cinematographer Morton Heilig first dreamed of creating a machine which would give theatre-goers an improved sensory entertainment experience. His 1962 creation the 'Sensorama' simulator earned him the sobriquet 'father of virtual reality'.</description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 15:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Youssif gains courage with second surgery</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/24/youssif.mon/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/24/youssif.mon/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>"Don't be afraid, I'm just going to get my operation done and then I'll be home with you."</description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rate of U.S. women dying in childbirth rising</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/08/24/dying.from.childbirth.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/08/24/dying.from.childbirth.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>U.S. women are dying from childbirth at the highest rate in decades, new government figures show. Though the risk of death is very small, experts believe increasing maternal obesity and a jump in Caesarean sections are partly to blame.</description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2007 01:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gastric Bypass Lowers Risk of Death</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1655367,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1655367,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Two new studies show that the surgery, while not for everyone, reduces the risks of diabetes and other obesity-related diseases</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Are Hysterectomies Too Common?</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1644050,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1644050,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The procedure has long been regarded as a solution to many women's health problems, but some critics say it is overused</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Studies Bring New Hope for Obese</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1633003,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1633003,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>New research shows that bariatric surgeries, like gastric bypass, are safer and more effective than originally thought, especially for teenagers and seniors. But patients have to be sure to watch their alcohol intake</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Surgery not always needed for fibroid relief</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/conditions/03/01/BK.fibroids/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/conditions/03/01/BK.fibroids/index.html</guid><description>As many as one in four women older than 35 have uterine fibroids, says the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2007 21:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Ethicist in Ashley case answers questions</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/01/11/ashley.ethicist/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/01/11/ashley.ethicist/index.html</guid><description>Dr. Douglas Diekema is director of Education at Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics in Seattle, Washington. He led the ethics panel that evaluated the controversial growth attenuation therapy for a severely disabled girl identified only as Ashley. In 2004, Ashley's uterus and breasts were removed and she was given high doses of estrogen to keep her small and to retard her sexual development.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 23:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Taking robot arms to the bank</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/07/17/news/companies/robotsurgery/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/07/17/news/companies/robotsurgery/index.htm</guid><description>Robotic arms could be the future for surgery, and the future looks bright, but it won't come cheap.</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2006 13:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>This week in the medical journals</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/01/26/journal.roundup/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/01/26/journal.roundup/index.html</guid><description>Drug safety questioned</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2006 20:12:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>'Mothering the mother' during birth</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/08/23/profile.doula/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/08/23/profile.doula/index.html</guid><description>Before it takes a village to raise a child, Angela Ferin says it takes two women to birth that child -- the woman in labor and her doula.</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2005 18:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Heart surgeon opts for Army life</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/07/19/profile.cardiac.army/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/07/19/profile.cardiac.army/index.html</guid><description>Dr. Robert Stewart has performed about 11,000 open-heart operations during his career as a cardiac surgeon, but on September 5 he will finally become what he wanted to be when he grew up -- a soldier.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2005 15:54:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>First assistants give surgeons more hands</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/06/06/profile.assistant.kapes/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/06/06/profile.assistant.kapes/index.html</guid><description>The landing gear of the sleek corporate jet had barely brushed the runway at Burke Lakefront Airport when Mark Kapes unbuckled his seat belt and moved quickly for the door.</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2005 21:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Clinton hits the links before surgery</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/03/09/clinton/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/03/09/clinton/index.html</guid><description>About to tee off at a golf tournament Wednesday, former President Clinton appeared unconcerned about his surgery the following day to drain fluid from his chest.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2005 17:52:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Clinton to have follow-up to heart surgery</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/03/08/clinton/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/03/08/clinton/index.html</guid><description>Former President Clinton will undergo surgery this week to drain fluid and remove scar tissue from the left part of his chest, physicians said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2005 16:12:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Heart surgeon meets tee time, misses Clinton</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/09/06/clinton.doctor/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/09/06/clinton.doctor/index.html</guid><description>If the case of former President Bill Clinton is any example, being a big shot can sure help get a doctor, but it doesn't guarantee first choice.</description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2004 19:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cardiologist: Clinton's outlook good</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/conditions/09/04/clinton.bypass/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/conditions/09/04/clinton.bypass/index.html</guid><description>Bill Clinton is an excellent candidate to make a full, quick recovery from coronary bypass surgery, a cardiologist said Friday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2004 13:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cohen: Heart bypass surgery common</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/conditions/09/03/cohen.bypass/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/conditions/09/03/cohen.bypass/index.html</guid><description>Former President Clinton will undergo heart bypass surgery as early as Saturday, sources said. Clinton, 58, was undergoing tests for chest discomfort Friday at New York-Presbyterian Hospital.</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2004 16:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Blood Feud This little piece of metal is worth $4.5 billion this year, generates more profits than a blockbuster drug, and has s</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/05/31/370693/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2004/05/31/370693/index.htm</guid><description>It's unlikely that anyone could trace the animosity back to a single event--a gauntlet thrown, perhaps, or a backwoods crossing of swords. But to hear one side tell it, you might start in late 1995...</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2004 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Crying murder when C-section refused</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/03/19/colb.csection/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/03/19/colb.csection/index.html</guid><description>(FindLaw) -- Last week, Utah prosecutors charged a woman with murder for failing to undergo a Caesarean section ("C-section") delivery, a failure that allegedly resulted in the death of one of her unborn twins. Prosecutors have suggested that the reason the woman, Melissa Ann Rowland, refused the procedure was her desire to avoid an abdominal scar.</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2004 18:59:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Sources: C-section mom to face fewer charges</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/03/16/csection.mom/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/03/16/csection.mom/index.html</guid><description>A woman accused of killing her unborn twin son by refusing a Caesarean section will have separate child endangerment charges against her dropped at a hearing Tuesday afternoon, court sources said.</description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2004 19:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>A Heart Attack Of Her Own The women of the baby boom             are nearing their prime heart attack years. Neither they nor   </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/11/22/269129/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/11/22/269129/index.htm</guid><description>Before Dwight Eisenhower, men's heart attacks were marked by whispered rumors and hidden recoveries. Before Norman Schwarzkopf and Andy Grove, prostate cancer was borne in silence and shame. Until ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 1999 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>UNDERCOVER IN A HOSPITAL</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/12/01/200466/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/12/01/200466/index.htm</guid><description>Last August I got the rare chance to spend three days inside a hospital, undercover as a consultant, following a surgeon on his rounds. The doctor set the ground rules: I was free to talk to anyone...</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 1994 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>WILL THE COST CUTTING IN HEALTH CARE KILL YOU? Maybe not. Quality is thriving in a few places, thanks to reform-minded doctors a</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/10/31/79890/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1994/10/31/79890/index.htm</guid><description>THE SCREWS keep tightening on medical insurance, both private and government- run, and you are beginning to wonder whether this trend will be hazardous to your health. So far it isn't, judging by s...</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 1994 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>UNITED STATES SURGICAL GETTING HOT IDEAS FROM CUSTOMERS</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/05/18/76429/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1992/05/18/76429/index.htm</guid><description>IN ANY ten-day period, United States Surgical sales representatives visit every one of the 5,000 American hospitals where surgery is performed. They gown up and march right into operating rooms to ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 1992 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>HOW TO HAVE A HEART ATTACK Coronaries aren't what they used to be. With new medicines and &amp;lt; surgical procedures, more executi</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/12/02/75821/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/12/02/75821/index.htm</guid><description>I'LL NEVER GET a heart attack. Not me. Maybe that pasty-faced guy in sales who always looks so tired. And that blimp-in-a-suit who ate all the French fries at lunch today and had pie for dessert. H...</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 1991 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Hold That Scalpel! You need thorough research and expert guidance before you decide whether you should go under the knife. Begin</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1989/02/01/84939/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1989/02/01/84939/index.htm</guid><description>When Janet Sarno's doctor first suggested that she needed an operation to remove her gallbladder, she had little trouble making up her mind. ''I said, 'No way,' '' the New York City actress recalls...</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 1989 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>MEDICAL CARE'S NEXT REVOLUTION Believe it or not, doctors often don't know which treatments pay off best for patients. A vanguar</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/10/10/71099/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/10/10/71099/index.htm</guid><description>CONSIDER what doctors, to say nothing of patients, don't know about the value of just one procedure. Each year about 80,000 Americans get a carotid endarterectomy, a kind of Roto-Rooter job on clog...</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 1988 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>