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Two Hundred Years of Surgery -- New England Journal Of Medicine Surgery is a profession defined by its authority to cure by means of bodily ...

A dummy goes into the magnetic resonance scanner Photo: Reuters From the Telegraph: A Swiss lab has developed a way of establishing how so...

Composite drug-releasing fibers used as basic elements of scaffolding for tissue and bone regeneration. (Credit: AFTAU) From Science Daily: ...

Smoking bans were introduced in pubs and other public places in England and Wales in 2007. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA From The Guardian: Th...

Smoking bans were introduced in pubs and other public places in England and Wales in 2007. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA From The Guardian The...

Domestic source-to-be?At 10 megawatts, the University of Missouri Research Reactor is the largest university research reactor in the country...

Click on Image to Expand From The L.A. Times: The radioisotope is needed to scan for heart disease and cancer. Two nuclear reactors that pro...

From Live Science: Many people exercise to improve the health of their hearts. Now, researchers have found a link between your heart rate ju...

William D. Richard (left) takes an ultrasound probe of colleague David Zar's carotid artery with a low-power imaging device he designed....

Robin Williams: The comedian is scheduled to have aortic valve replacement surgery. FLICKR/CHARLES HAYNES From Scientific American: Comedian...

Ron who has a bionic eye as featured on BBC's Inside Out. From The Telegraph: A bionic eye has allowed a blind patient to see well enoug...

A flu shot is prepared in Chicago, Illinois. US President Barack Obama has vowed to fight for his budget proposals that include investments ...

Intensive cleaning takes place on a hospital ward Photo: Rii Schroer From The Telegraph: Hospital curtains, bedding, and even patients'...

Deep roots. For a hair follicle to begin a new phase of growth, an elusive group of cells called the hair germ (bright red) must be activate...

A liquid-nitrogen tank is used to preserve tooth pulp. The first whole tooth may be grown in a human within five to 10 years. The Washington...

(Photograph by Davies and Starr/Getty Images) From Popular Mechanics: New research from DARPA could open the door to on-demand blood-cell ma...

Claudia Castillo underwent an operation to replace her windpipe with a bioengineered replacement after tuberculosis had left her with a coll...

From Live Science: During surgery, anesthesia immobilizes a person while putting them in a sleep-like state where there is no awareness and ...

(Image from Device Daily) From Device Daily: When I hear about an interesting technology project, I’m always thinking that DARPA is involved...

Magic Meds: Tomorrow's pills will cure everything from cancer to aging. Photo by iStockphoto From Popsci.com: A drug to cure cancer. Ano...