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Mar. 16, 2025

Doctors Killed by Patient in 'Incomprehensible' Tulsa Shooting 'Didn't Deserve to Die This Way,' Says Colleague

Preston J. Phillips, M.D., Stephanie J. Husen, D.O.Photo: Saint Francis Health System (2) “Dr. Phillips was the consummate gentleman. He was — is — a man that we should all strive to emulate,” Dr. Cliff Robertson, president and CEO of Saint Francis Health System, told reporters at a press conference on Thursday. Dr. Phillips wasone of four victims killed. His colleague in the orthopedics department, Dr. Stephanie Husen, a hospital receptionist at the clinic, Amanda Green, and a patient, William Love, also died in the shooting.

Mar. 16, 2025

Doctors Reattach 12-Year-Old Boy's Head After It Was ‘Almost Completely Disconnected’ in Bike Accident

A 12-year-old boy from Jerusalem, Israel is recovering after surgeons reattached his head following a bike accident that left him internally decapitated. Hadassah International Instagram “Due to the serious injury the head almost completely disconnected from the base of the neck," said Dr. Ohad Einav, a specialist orthopedist who performed the surgery on Hassan, in the statement. Hadassah Hospital, Israel.Christophe Gateau/picture alliance via Getty Images Christophe Gateau/picture alliance via Getty Images

Mar. 16, 2025

Doctors Say Father of 4 Has Just Months to Live After Contracting Human Form of Mad Cow Disease

Tony Gibson always had a great memory.The doting father of four was healthy and active, his wife, Danielle Gibson, tells PEOPLE — and had “the best memory of anyone” she’s ever met. So, she was surprised last December when Tony began forgetting small things.“He said, ‘My memory is gone. My short-term memory is gone,’ ” Danielle says of her husband, 33. “He would get lost going to the grocery store. He had a doctor’s appointment one day and it was right up the road from us … he never came home that night.

Mar. 16, 2025

Doctors Say the Rise in Tic-Like Behaviors Among Teen Girls May Be Connected to TikTok

Photo: Getty Pediatric hospitals have reported an increase in teen girls coming inafter developing tics, sudden twitches or noises that area common symptomof Tourette syndrome, during the pandemic. The sudden rise is unusual, with tics typically occurring in boys, not girls. Experts in the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and Australia studied the patients for months and consulted between hospitals, finding that the common factor between the girls was an interest in watching TikTok videos from influencers who said they have Tourette syndrome,The Wall Street Journalreported.

Mar. 16, 2025

Doctors Speak Out After Separating Conjoined Twins in Surgery That Took 3 Days: 'It Took a Personal Toll'

Pedro and Augusto.Photo:Dayton Children’s HospitalDoctors at an Ohio children’s hospital are speaking out nearly a year after successfully separating conjoined twins from Central America.It took two years and four major surgeries to separate Guatemalan twins Pedro and Augusto, who were born conjoined at the head, according to aDayton Children’s Hospital.The boys, now 5, were officially separated on the morning of April 8, 2022 in a three-day long surgery, according toGood Morning America.