Something went wrong when a man went into a hospital in northern Italy for a routine unilateral orchiectomy (removal of one testicle) six years ago.
A surgeon accidentally removed the 27-year-old  patient’s healthy right testicle, realized …

Every time Jerry Douthett puts on a pair of socks he will be reminded of the time Kiko, his Jack Russel terrier, saved his life.
Douthett, a musician, had been carrying a foot infection for a …

A 32-year-old Swedish man stitched his own leg wound after apparently becoming tired of waiting more than an hour for treatment.
The Sundsvall man, who said he cut his leg on the edge of a kitchen …

An increase in jaw injuries has seen at least one Taiwanese dentist recommend that fast food chains to drop giant burgers from their menus.
Professor Hsu Ming-Iung of the School of Dentistry at National Yang-Ming University …

Research undertaken at the University of Valencia has seen scientists arrive at a startling conclusion: beautiful women are bad for men’s health.
The issue is to do with a hormone, namely cortisol, which is produced by …

A Romanian doctor who is said to have amputated a patient’s penis in a fit of rage has been given a second chance to practice medicine.
Dr Naum Ciomu has had his medical license reinstated by …

British prisoners who have been clean for years are being reintroduced to narcotics before being set loose in a bid to increase their tolerance levels before they hit the streets.
The controversial practice of preparing reformed …

Moscow, Russia: A 19-year-old Russian woman suffered a serious injury to her tonsils after performing what was described as “aggressive oral sex” on her husband.
The woman sought medical attention after waking up from a night …

Bone screws are described by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons as being “used for internal fixation more often than any other type of implant.” They are a versatile little piece of technology that has …

Lady Gaga was forced to change into normal clothes on a flight from London to the United States when one of her outfits caused her to develop deep vein thrombosis (DVT).
When the flight attendants saw …

Guilt can drive people to all sorts of extremes. Doctors say it was guilt from using prostitutes and “HIV phobia” that caused “hundreds” of Chinese men to convince themselves and each other that they were …

A Chinese man presented at a hospital with blindness after playing computer games non-stop for four days.
The man, who has been identified as Xu, a businessman who hails from Xining, Qinghai province, is said by …

A University of Montreal researcher announced that he was forced to drastically alter a pornography study as he was not able to find any adult men who had never viewed erotic material.
Professor Simon Louis Lajeunesse …

A North Carolina doctor may lose his license to practice medicine after a patient complained that he had made cruel remarks.
The North Carolina Medical Board will make a ruling as to whether ophthalmologist Dr Earl …

Cuban men in seven provinces will be eligible for free penis implants under a program that will eventually be expanded to cover the whole country.
Cuban urologist explained that the high-cost treatment would be offered to …

The SMARTHAND is a little different to a regular inanimate prosthesis: it is connected to nerves in the arm. The hand’s owner can feel the robotic prosthesis and use it much like one would use …