Dr. Patch Adams Known For Wearing a Clown Nose Has a Foot Amputated-And He Says He's Thrilled-Watch
Dr. Patch Adams, who uses humor to heal and was portrayed by Robin Williams in a film, celebrated his foot amputation with a video message.
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Artistic Doctor Transforms Kids' Broken Arms Into Animated Artwork Especially For Them-LOOK
Kids with broken arms at one Chicago hospital never expected to leave with a piece of cast art designed just for them.
For 3 Hours Doctors Continued CPR on Toddler with No Pulse-Until Life Returned
Found face-down in an icy backyard swimming pool, the Ontario toddler's body temperature was so low that thermometers couldn't get a reading.
Doctor Ditches Car Stuck in Traffic to Run 45 Minutes and Perform Critical Surgery
He knew he already had a patient prepped for surgery, and two other patients later in the day with scheduled procedures.
76-year-old Student Finally Graduates 50 Years After He Began His Ph.D. in Philosophy
Unlike most candidates however, it took Dr. Axten 5 decades before 76-year-old student finally graduated with a Ph.D. in sociology.
After 6 Months Searching for New Doctor, Small Town's Viral Video was 'Just What the Doctor Ordered'
Desperate locals in Cornwall, England created a pop video to recruit a small town doctor after failing for six months-and it worked. Watch...
'Nature Prescriptions' Improve Both Physical and Mental Health -28 Studies to Date
The researchers believe that their presentation shows that nature "prescriptions" merit wider use in the medical profession.
A Nurse and Her Boyfriend Saved a Man's Life on Flight Home from Bahamas Vacation
The attendant over the intercom said a passenger was having a medical emergency, and Raines quickly volunteered.
After Years of Hiking All Over Nepal, This Eye Doctor Has Restored Vision to Over 130,000 People
This ophthalmologist has personally hiked all over Nepal in order to restore vision to the blind with a simple, minutes-long surgery.
'An Eye Test Saved My Life When the Optician Spotted a Brain Tumor'
A British woman says an eye test saved her life, after her optician spotted a brain tumor during a routine examination.
New Blood Test Can Detect Dozens of Different Cancers With 99.4% Accuracy
The exciting new research says that millions of people with undiagnosed cancer could get treatment for the disease before it even starts to show symptoms.
Bedridden for 11 Years, Man Proves the Experts Wrong By Inventing a Surgery to Cure Himself
When doctors failed to diagnose a young man and his mystery illness, he spent years studying medicine until he finally invented a surgery to save himself.
In World First, Doctors Have Been Prescribing Museum Visits to Patients-With Vouchers for Free Entry
The art therapy initiative, which is said to be the first of its kind, has already resulted in a Montreal museum happily filling over 185 prescribed visits.
After Doctor Performed Open Chest Surgery on Roadside, Biker Survives Crash to Walk Daughter Down the Aisle
If this quick-thinking heart surgeon had not been on the scene of John O'Brien's motorcycle collision, then the biker would not have survived the crash.
Friends Spent 8 Months Pedaling Across Africa So They Could Give Away Free Devices for Preventing Blindness
Two medical students cycled for over 6,000 miles so they could give away more than a thousand free devices to medical workers in remote areas.
Irish Prime Minister Re-Registers as Medical Practitioner So He Can Join the COVID-19 Response Team
After 7 years of working in politics, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar is picking up his scrubs once more so he can help his country's medical team.
Hotels Are Opening Up Free Rooms to Healthcare Workers Battling the COVID-19 Outbreaks
Nurses, doctors, and medical personnel in New York City and England will now have access to free hotel rooms during the novel coronavirus outbreaks.
Restaurant Flooded With Business After Launching an 'Adopt a Doc or Nurse' Catering Service
Not only has the program helped to feed hospital workers across the Bay Area, it has also helped the restaurant stay in business during the lockdowns.
Researchers Have Found a Way to Sterilize and Reuse Face Masks During Pandemic
North Carolina researchers are now trying to spread the word about their tried-and-true decontamination method for surgical masks.
These Restaurants Are Giving Away Free Food and Coffee to Hospital Staffers Fighting COVID-19
Restaurants from Starbucks to Krispy Kreme are offering up free food and coffee to the North American workers fighting the coronavirus outbreaks.
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