Plastic surgeon is sued for publishing nude photos of his patients

A plastic surgeon in St. Louis, Mo., is being sued by five women who say they found pictures of their naked torsos, “before” and “after” of their surgery, the doctor’s website. According to the lawsuit, the names of the women also were listed with photographs. The Huffington...

To re-run, survivor of bone cancer leg was fitted upside down

When I was 10 years, Dugan Smith was diagnosed with osteosarcoma. This is the most common bone cancer in childhood, and in most cases affects the bones of the knee. If not detected and addressed soon, may spread to the lungs and other bones. To avoid this scenario, the solution offered to the parents of the...

After surgery, girl can not stop laughing

Enna Stephens, age 7, he underwent surgery to remove a brain tumor. Now, the small can not stop laughing. His condition is called Pesudobulbar Affect (PBA, for its acronym in English), and it is a disorder caused by nerve damage that makes it difficult to control emotional responses. Stephens’s story...

One third of Americans suffer chronic pain

More than 116 million Americans-nearly one third of the population lives with chronic pain, according to a new report by the Institute of Medicine. That figure is greater than the combined number of people suffering from heart disease, diabetes and cancer. But despite the many people who experience pain for...