In 1922 the Berlin woman became the first to undergo gender-affirming surgery.
Women surgeons face discrimination, harassment, and difficult personal choices—frustrations examined in a spate of new studies.
Break a bone and pull it apart a millimeter a day. Seems crazy, but distraction osteogenesis is saving legs, arms and faces.
Operating in the womb sometimes has miraculous results. Yet many still question whether it should be done at all.
Long the stuff of science fiction, suspended animation also has a medical history—and it could soon save trauma victims.
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