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Need surgery? Carle Clinic will need a down payment first (The Champaign News-Gazette)
URBANA – Whether it's your aching knee or your tonsils about to go under the knife, you may not see the surgeon these Read More

Professor's pigs gave me the strength to live, says world's first stem cell transplant patient (Daily Mail)
Strolling happily with her two children in the autumn sunshine, Claudia Castillo looks like any other young mother. Read More

Americans travel abroad for crucial surgery (PhysOrg)
Before getting two artificial disks to ease the grinding pain in his back, Wayne King asked prospective surgeons where t Read More

Doctors' authorities probe suspension of mucky-mouthed medic (The Register)
GMC investigates alleged abuse of power The actions of two senior members of the medical establishment are being inve Read More

MercuryNews: Surgeon's Veterans Day (KGO-TV Bay Area)
Herhold: A surgeon's story of the first Veterans Day Read More

Scrubbing Up: Your comments (BBC News)
You have been sending your views about England's chief medical officer column on how the NHS could learn from department Read More

Herhold: A surgeon's story of the first Veterans Day (San Jose Mercury News)
Dr. George L. Barry wrote to his good friend Al Kayser back home in San Jose at the hour enshrined by Armistice Day, lat Read More

Wollongong surgeon admits boy sex charge (Illawarra Mercury)
A prominent Wollongong surgeon tricked a teenage patient into attempting an indecent act by telling the boy it was for a Read More

Hypnosis can be powerful treatment (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
My husband, Richard, smoked cigarettes for 50 years, having failed several attempts to quit on his own. When a friend to Read More

Hospitals suspend disgraced surgeon (Illawarra Mercury)
Illawarra's private and public hospitals have suspended disgraced surgeon Arthur Bosanquet pending executive reviews. Read More