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Are caesareans really making us evolve to have bigger babies?
C-sections mean that babies whose heads are too big or whose mothers鈥� pelvises are too narrow, are able to survive 鈥� a fact that might be changing our species
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Laser probe lets brain surgeons identify cancer cells with sound
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Knowing doctors’ death rates can’t help you avoid a bad surgeon
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Bouncy bone can be 3D-printed to become a universal repair kit
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The scary reality of medical U-turns, and how to stop them
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Google firm hopes to control organs with electrical signals
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Double hand transplant carried out in the UK for first time
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Not all surgeons follow checklists that prevent bad mistakes
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Let’s take a knife to the world’s rising tide of type 2 diabetes
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Bathing in blue light before surgery may prevent organ damage
Exposing mice to blue light for 24 hours can reduce common post-surgical organ damage called reperfusion injury. Trials will soon begin in humans
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Autopsies suggest surgical grafts passed on Alzheimer’s disease
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Head transplant carried out on monkey, claims maverick surgeon
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Men have hands amputated and replaced with bionic ones
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Death rate drops when top heart surgeons are away
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