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Baby has surgery to remove parasitic fetus growing inside him
A 10-month-old boy in Indonesia was found to have a 400 gram fetus living inside him, one of only a few hundred cases of 鈥渇etus in fetu鈥� ever described
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Technology
Amputees control virtual prosthetic arm using nerve signals
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Humans
Are caesareans really making us evolve to have bigger babies?
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Laser probe lets brain surgeons identify cancer cells with sound
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Knowing doctors’ death rates can’t help you avoid a bad surgeon
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Bouncy bone can be 3D-printed to become a universal repair kit
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The scary reality of medical U-turns, and how to stop them
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Google firm hopes to control organs with electrical signals
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Double hand transplant carried out in the UK for first time
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Not all surgeons follow checklists that prevent bad mistakes
Surgical checklists prevent avoidable mistakes, but one audit in a UK hospital found they were completed only 50 per cent of the time 鈥� empowering nurses could improve this
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Let’s take a knife to the world’s rising tide of type 2 diabetes
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Bathing in blue light before surgery may prevent organ damage
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Autopsies suggest surgical grafts passed on Alzheimer’s disease
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Environment
Head transplant carried out on monkey, claims maverick surgeon
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