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My Brand New Life

Andrew J. Lederer | Posted 05.17.2013 | New York
Andrew J. Lederer

The glory of new life is, you can wait, there'll be another day. Approach things calmly and savor them, yeah, that's the stuff. In the meantime, I could honor my presence on Planet Here with sleep. After all, the dead don't sleep, they rest. It's different.

Knee Replacement Recovery: Get Ready for the 3 'Powerful P' Experiences

Martha Nelson | Posted 05.13.2013 | Fifty
Martha Nelson

The evening after knee replacement surgery, I was startled to see the size of my right leg. Having been sliced and diced, stitched and stapled, it was seemed as if I had gained ten pounds, all in that leg.

I'm With Mitt: A Quick Aside for Christie

Steven Brykman | Posted 05.10.2013 | Comedy
Steven Brykman

I'm not one to let the Republicans get away with much, as anyone knows who's read any part of this blog, but there's only one word to describe NPR's coverage of New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's recent lap-band surgery -- unfair.

You Can Actually Die Of A Broken Heart

Posted 05.09.2013 | Weddings

It turns out there is some truth to the clichƩ saying, "I'm dying of a broken heart." According to the University of Rochester's Christine Thompk...

Real-Life Teddy Bear Surgeon ...Yes, this person actually exists.

HooplaHa | Posted 05.06.2013 | Weird News
HooplaHa

In his recent video "Teddy," YouTube user zefrank1 imitates a surgeon doing a creepy operation on a friendly teddy bear. But does a teddy bear surge...

Hope Does Bring Strength

Alysia Baldwin Ferro | Posted 05.01.2013 | Impact
Alysia Baldwin Ferro

I thought to myself that if Bobby, a senior in high school, a young man with his whole life in front of him, wasn't asking "why," then I had no right to do so. Instead, I told myself I would find a purpose, a purpose for this brain tumor.

Why Men Need To Toughen Up

Tammy Bleck | Posted 04.26.2013 | Fifty
Tammy Bleck

Let's just call it like it is. Women take pain, panic, worry, anger, hurt and fear without missing a beat and all the while, wearing a smile.

Woman Nearly Performed Cosmetic Surgery On Herself

HuffPost Live | Posted 04.24.2013 | HuffPost Live 321

The quest for beauty has women going to extremes to have a flawless body. Much like breast augmentation, is labiaplasty creating a new standard of per...

WATCH: My 'Designer Vagina' Changed My Life

HuffPost Live | Posted 04.24.2013 | HuffPost Live 321

The quest for beauty has women going to extremes to have a flawless body. Much like breast augmentation, is labiaplasty creating a new standard of per...

Jeffrey Young

Bad Incentives: Hospitals Get Paid More Than Double When Surgery Causes Complications

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 04.16.2013 | Business

Patients who suffer complications after surgery are lucrative for hospitals, which get paid more when they treat infections and other problems, accord...

What Made This Woman Feel 'Empty Beyond Measure'

Linda Wolff | Posted 04.13.2013 | Fifty
Linda Wolff

I had no idea how much my identity was tied to you or the wave of emotion I would feel after you were gone.

WATCH: A Family Experiences John Of God’s ā€˜Spiritual Surgery’

OWN | Posted 03.14.2013 | OWN

Some say John of God can perform miracles, healing the sick and dying. Others say he is a fraud. This Sunday, Oprah travels to Brazil to visit the wor...

Meeting the Emotional Challenges of Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation, Part Two

Michael Friedman, L.M.S.W. | Posted 04.27.2013 | Healthy Living
Michael Friedman, L.M.S.W.

The physicians and other health professionals included me in the process of making medical and other plans. I felt I was not just a patient taking orders from a health care provider on high but a respected part of the health care team.

Emotional Challenges of Acute Inpatient Rehabilitation

Michael Friedman, L.M.S.W. | Posted 04.24.2013 | Healthy Living
Michael Friedman, L.M.S.W.

As a social worker, social advocate, and teacher, making a contribution to the well-being of others has been my full-time job and given meaning to my life. Having to focus primarily on my own recovery felt like a loss of meaning.

Surgery: What to Expect in the Hospital

Lisa Mirza Grotts | Posted 04.17.2013 | Healthy Living
Lisa Mirza Grotts

I have always loved my doctors, and I regard general anesthesia as a chance for the kind of deep sleep that I don't often get. At the time of my last surgery (nothing big), I thought of several tips that can help anyone who is admitted to the hospital for a medical procedure.

Earning Your Scars: 'God's Tattoos' -- Badges of Courage, Reminders of Survival

Chuck Gomez | Posted 04.13.2013 | Healthy Living
Chuck Gomez

At that moment, I felt like a freak. As I stared in the mirror, I felt my eyes begin to water. I felt disfigured and ashamed. But I cut the pity party short. I had survived a life-threatening experience, and these were the scars I had to show for it. I needed to move on.

Don't Bother Me If You Stub Your Toe

Alicia Garey | Posted 04.03.2013 | Healthy Living
Alicia Garey

I'm still absorbing the impact and distilling the multitude of details that became the focus of last year. I'm still growing my eyelashes back (nature is funny like that), and there are a couple of fun-filled appointments with my plastic surgeon in the near future.

Surgeons Left SIXTEEN Medical Odds And Ends In Man's Body

The Huffington Post | Dominique Mosbergen | Posted 01.17.2013 | Healthy Living

A hospital in Germany is being sued for medical malpractice after surgeons allegedly left more than a dozen medical odds and ends inside a cancer pati...

On Knee Surgery, Mammograms, and Turning Into My Father

Davis Schneiderman | Posted 03.04.2013 | Healthy Living
Davis Schneiderman

So here I am, waiting for the arthroscopy that will cut away the torn meniscus of my other knee and advance me toward premature arthritis. I should have seen that beyond the end of the long jump sand pit, but I didn't. I am using this week of waiting to reflect upon my changed condition.

Getting Poked at Children's Hospital

Rob Ashe | Posted 03.02.2013 | Parents
Rob Ashe

Being a special needs dad has taught me to expect the unexpected in terms of what life is going to throw out at you and your child.

Plastic Perceptions

narrative.ly | Posted 12.22.2012 | New York

t all began with hands. Mutilated hands with complicated anatomy and so many moving parts. Hands that needed surgery, required tendons and nerves from...

How Chemotherapy Works

George Zaidan | Posted 02.19.2013 | Healthy Living
George Zaidan

Cancer isn't one disease, and there isn't one cure. The menu of treatment options includes drugs (chemotherapy), surgery, and radiation; they are often used together or one after another.

Will The Loose Skin Ever Go Away?, From Joy Bauer (WATCH)

Posted 12.07.2012 | MarloThomas

Health and nutrition expert Joy Bauer gave advice on dealing with loose skin after weight loss when she joined me on Mondays With Marlo. Unfortunately...

"Ready" for Iowa's Trouble Lights: A Video Exclusive and Conversation With Adrien Daller and Phil Rabalais

Mike Ragogna | Posted 01.08.2013 | Entertainment
Mike Ragogna

Trouble Lights smashes your father's disco balls and trashes your mother's synthpop paradigm with an indie attitude that more accurately defines the mid-fi musical tastes of their generation, especially the smarty kids of Iowa.

About My Error

David Ring, M.D., Ph.D. | Posted 01.02.2013 | TED Weekends
David Ring, M.D., Ph.D.

While leaving that day I saw the director of the operating room walking towards me. What would he say? The possibilities raced across my mind.