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Specimen from the Hunterian Museum, London

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Hunterian Museum puts anatomical curiosities back on display

From sloth fetuses to vulture heads, the Hunterian Museum showcases the weird and wonderful medical collection of pioneering surgeon John Hunter

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Brain surgery before birth fixes abnormal blood vessel in fetus

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Doctors are hypnotising people before surgery to help reduce anxiety

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Stress makes us age faster but the effects can be reversed

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Stress makes us age faster but the effects can be reversed

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Stock photo of surgeons operating

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Woman has entire scalp reattached after it was ripped off by a drill

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Avoiding liquids before surgery may be an unnecessary precaution

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Avoiding liquids before surgery may be an unnecessary precaution

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Having the left or right hemisphere of the brain removed as a child to treat epileptic seizures may not affect their ability to recognise words or faces as an adult

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People with half a brain removed do well at face and word recognition

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Coloured X-rays showing the electrodes of a deep brain stimulator implanted in a person with Parkinson's disease

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Black people less likely than white to get Parkinson’s surgery in US

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A magnified kidney stone displayed via a coloured scanning electron microscope

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Burst of ultrasound waves can break up kidney stones in 10 minutes

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Dr. Hamed Saeidi observes the smart tissue autonomous robot performing laparoscopic anastomosis.

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Robot performs keyhole surgery on pigs with little help from doctors

An autonomous surgical robot joined sections of intestine together inside the abdominal cavities of live pigs, with limited intervention from human surgeons

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Bacteria found in yogurt may help bone fractures heal faster 

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Black children in the US more likely to die from surgery complications

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Surgical device inspired by parasitic wasps could extract bits of you

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Ultrasound tweezers could help remove kidney stones without surgery

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