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LOS ANGELES – Zsa Zsa Gabor (search) suffered an apparent stroke at her Bel-Air home and underwent emergency surgery to clear a blocked artery. The two-hour operation late Wednesday was successful and the 88-year-old actress was expected to return home within three days, husband Frederic von Anhalt (search) said Thursday. …

The body’s natural defenses work better after “keyhole” gut surgery than after open surgery, a new study shows. Thanks to new surgical tools, doctors now can perform many kinds of operations without having to make the large incisions typical of open surgery. These minimally invasive surgical techniques are often called …

The FDA today has issued a health advisory regarding the safe use of fentanyl skin patches (brand name Duragesic) in response to reports of deaths in patients using this potent narcotic medication for pain management. The FDA is conducting an investigation into the deaths associated with these patches. It’s unclear …