CHICAGO — Several top pro athletes and their surgeons say a modern version of an old tool is shaving weeks off the recovery time for certain injuries. And…
Read more Tarik Skubal, the Cleveland Browns and other athletes credit a tiny new scope for faster recoveriesVonn revealed in an Instagram post on Monday that her injuries went far beyond the complex tibia fracture in the leg she initially hurt after clipping a gate…
Read more Lindsey Vonn Says Surgery Saved Her From Having Her Left Leg Amputated Following Olympic CrashFLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi said Friday that she has cervical cancer. The former “Jersey Shore” star said in a video posted to TikTok that…
Read more Former ‘Jersey Shore’ star Snooki says she has cervical cancerSham surgery trials have shown that some of our most popular surgeries are themselves shams. Intragastric balloons “arrived with much fanfare in the 1980s,” since they could be…
Read more From Gastric Balloons to Fake Knee Surgeries: When the Fix Is an Illusion | NutritionFacts.orgOn this day in 1912, readers learned that the Rayo Lamp, the best lamp for reading and sewing on the market, cost a mere $1.49. Made by Standard…
Read more History Happenings: Feb. 16, 2026CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Lindsey Vonn’s latest surgery on her left leg that she broke in the Olympic downhill “went well” and now she “will be able…
Read more Lindsey Vonn Says Her Latest Surgery After Olympic Crash ‘Went Well’ and She Can Return to US(Photo credit: Daniel Kucin Jr.-Imagn Images) The Sacramento Kings, leading a tight race to finish with the worst record in the NBA, reportedly will be without their leading…
Read more Kings’ Zach LaVine set for season-ending hand surgeryFILE – This is a 2025 photo of Sebastian Walcott of the Texas Rangers baseball team. This image reflects the Texas Rangers’ active roster as of Wednesday, Feb.…
Read more Rangers lose top prospect, infielder Sebastian Walcott, to UCL injury and surgeryLindsey Vonn, racing on a badly injured left knee, crashed early in the Olympic downhill Sunday and was taken off the course in a helicopter after receiving medical…
Read more Lindsey Vonn crashes early in Olympic downhill as she competes on torn ACL at age 41Lindsey Vonn wiped out in a downhill race on Jan. 30. She got up limping, then was airlifted from the course. The diagnosis: a ruptured ACL — a…
Read more How Lindsey Vonn can compete with a ruptured ACLLOS ANGELES (AP) — Two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani won’t pitch for Japan in the World Baseball Classic in March, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Saturday. Roberts…
Read more Ohtani Won’t Pitch in World Baseball Classic, Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts SaysOAKLAND, Calif. — An estimated 31,000 registered nurses and other front-line Kaiser Permanente health care workers launched an open-ended strike this week in California and Hawaii to demand…
Read more Another strike sends 31,000 Kaiser Permanente health care workers to picket linesENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Sean Payton said at his season-ending news conference Tuesday that Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix had a preexisting ankle condition that make a fracture inevitable.…
Read more Sean Payton says Broncos QB Bo Nix has an ankle condition that made break inevitableENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Sean Payton said at his season-ending news conference Tuesday that Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix had a preexisting ankle condition that make a fracture…
Read more Sean Payton Says Broncos QB Bo Nix Has an Ankle Condition That Made Break InevitableCOLUMBUS, Ohio — An Illinois doctor indicted on murder charges in the December slayings of his ex-wife and her dentist husband in their Columbus home is due in…
Read more Illinois surgeon charged in Ohio couple’s killings due in court FridayBy losing 15% of their body weight, nearly 90% of those who have had type 2 diabetes for less than four years may achieve remission. Currently, more than…
Read more Is Fasting an Effective Treatment for Diabetes? | NutritionFacts.orgAloka the Peace Dog was reunited with the Walk for Peace monks for the first time since undergoing leg surgery following an injury during the 2,300-mile Walk for…
Read more Aloka the Peace Dog reunites with Walk for Peace following surgeryWhat happened when topical olive oil was pitted against an ibuprofen-type drug for osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis? Fifty million Americans suffer from arthritis, and osteoarthritis of the knee…
Read more Can Olive Oil Compete with Arthritis Drugs? | NutritionFacts.orgDALLAS (AP) — Dallas Mavericks big man Anthony Davis will be sidelined about six weeks in his latest injury absence, although the 10-time All-Star won’t need surgery to…
Read more Anthony Davis Expected to Miss 6 Weeks in Latest Absence for Mavs but Won’t Need Hand SurgeryWeight regain after bariatric surgery can have devastating psychological effects. How Sustainable Is the Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery? I explore that issue in my video of the…
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