Over the past 20 years, robotics have revolutionized surgery, and new innovations are continuing to push the boundaries of medicine.
What surgery will look like in the future
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CNN Future Summit forum
A new breed of life-saving robot is being developed that take their shape and movement from snakes, and, it is hoped, will prove invaluable not only in search and rescue operations but also be a great asset to human surgery. (Full story) (CNN) — Conventions are relics.
CNN story helps surgeon perform ‘lifesaving’ op
A brain surgeon performed what he called a “life-saving” surgery on a teenager by removing a large brain tumor using a method he read about on CNN.com just three days earlier. Dr.
How can I get rid of my ‘spare tire’?
I have been working out religiously and eating very healthy for the past six months and have lost about 25 pounds, now down to 170. I am 5 feet 9.
Pancreatic cancer rare, very deadly
Pancreatic cancer is rare and extraordinarily lethal, experts say.
Thousands mourn Cuban revolutionary
Thousands gathered in the Cuban capital on Sunday to pay their respects to one of Cuba’s few remaining original revolutionaries, Juan Almeida, who according to state media died of a heart attack Friday evening.
Cuban revolutionary commander dies of heart attack
Juan Almeida, a Cuban revolutionary who fought alongside former Communist leader Fidel Castro, died of a heart attack Friday evening, according to state media. Almeida, 82, was among only a handful of surviving Cuban leaders who still bore the title “Commander of the Revolution.” A vice president and member of the Communist government Central Committee, Almeida was among only a few black leaders in top government posts
Nip and tuck on a budget in Argentina
James Brandon is concerned about getting old and looking older. So the 44-year-old events planner from Canada decided on plastic surgery to help bring his boyish looks back
Teen Oudin shocks error-prone Sharapova
Maria Sharapova crashed out of the U.S.
Teen who cries blood gets help from experts
Calvino Inman had just stepped out of the shower one evening in May when a glimpse of his reflection in the mirror caused him to panic. “I looked up and saw myself, and I thought I was going to die,” says the 15-year-old from Rockwood, Tennessee