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Health By Gideon Gil

‘I can still feel it’: Groundbreaking arm amputation surgery makes a ‘phantom’ hand seem real

Health By Claudia López Lloreda

Elective surgeries are being delayed again. Doctors want to handle it differently this time

Health By Kevin Lin

How a 3D-printed graft could speed healing of ruptured eardrums

Health By Elizabeth Cooney

Organ donations held almost steady during the pandemic, as the U.S. transplant system scrambled to keep going

Health By Theresa Gaffney

Black children are more likely to die after surgery than white counterparts, new study finds

First Opinion By Jason C. Pradarelli

What Tom Brady and Beyoncé can teach surgeons: Coaching can keep you sharp

First Opinion By Eric C. Sun and Anupam B. Jena

‘Overlapping surgery’ is safe for most patients, but not all

Health By Christina Jewett — Kaiser Health News

Despite red flags at California surgery centers, accreditors award gold seals

First Opinion By Christopher Hartnick

Taking risks in pursuit of innovation is good. So is preparing for it

First Opinion By Matt Beane — The Conversation

Young doctors struggle to learn robotic surgery and often practice in the shadows

Health By Andrew Joseph

With bariatric surgery, a patient’s starting weight makes a difference, study finds

Health By Eric Boodman

‘It seemed like I had climbed Mount Everest’: A rough year after daring cancer surgery

Health By Associated Press

Young brains and anesthesia: Big study suggests minimal risks

First Opinion By Ahilan Sivaganesan, Matthew McGirt, Andrew Sumich and Clinton Devin

Oft-maligned spinal fusion surgery can make a real difference in patients

Health By Eric Boodman

Open-heart surgery devices putting patients at risk, CDC warns

Hospitals By Casey Ross

Get a new body part and go home the same day: the rise of the ‘bedless hospital’

First Opinion By Akhilesh Pathipati

In med school, inconsistent expectations are bad for learning and for patients

Health By Sheila Kaplan

Whistleblower case contends surgical device maker misled FDA — and patients paid the price

Health By Eric Boodman

Matching hearts — and kidneys and lungs. This website makes organ transplants in the US possible

First Opinion By Patrick Skerrett

New robot no substitute for humans in the operating room

In the Lab By Andrew Joseph

Robot surgeon performs first soft-tissue operation by itself

Business By Eric Boodman

An ‘insurance warrior’ fights to get pricey therapies covered

Health By Karen Weintraub

Kathy Magliato: The heart surgeon inspiration behind a new TV drama

Health By Patricia Leigh Brown

Discounted surgeries bring the uninsured new hope in California

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Steven Soderbergh, Hollywood’s medicine man, explains how science became a muse