Read more Cleveland Clinic stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/23634/cleveland-clinic.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:01:24 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/64545/johns-hopkins-tops-hospital-rankings.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJohns Hopkins has been named America’s best hospital for the 19th year in a row, the Baltimore Sun reports. The closely followed US News & World Report rankings placed Hopkins first in rheumatology, urology, and ear, nose and throat; it was second in neurology and neurosurgery, geriatrics, gynecology, ophthalmology, and...http://www.newser.com/story/64545/johns-hopkins-tops-hospital-rankings.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 16 Jul 2009 11:08:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58159/face-transplant-recipient-dont-judge-people-by-looks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe nation's first face-transplant recipient met the public for the first time since her December operation, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. Connie Culp, who had been shot by her husband in 2004 and essentially lost the middle of her face, has "progressed tremendously," said one of her doctors at the...http://www.newser.com/story/58159/face-transplant-recipient-dont-judge-people-by-looks.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 05 May 2009 18:37:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/55007/chimp-attack-victim-talking-moving.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCharla Nash, the Connecticut woman nearly mauled to death by a friend’s pet chimp, has been making dramatic progress in recent weeks and is now talking, moving, and asking for her daughter, the New York Daily News reports. Doctors had feared Nash would never recover. “For a time we were...http://www.newser.com/story/55007/chimp-attack-victim-talking-moving.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 01 Apr 2009 13:12:50 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52443/recovery-in-doubt-for-chimp-victim.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDoctors are doubtful about any significant recovery for a woman attacked by a pet chimpanzee last month, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. Charla Nash lost her hands, lips, eyelids, nose and part of the bone structure of her face in the vicious attack, and has been in critical condition since....http://www.newser.com/story/52443/recovery-in-doubt-for-chimp-victim.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Mar 2009 3:59:21 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/51306/chimp-victim-moved-to-face-transplant-clinic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe woman whose face was horrifically injured by a crazed chimpanzee has been transferred to the clinic that performed America's first face transplant, the Stamford Times reports. The woman was in surgery for 7 hours after the attack on Monday and was still in critical condition when she was transferred...http://www.newser.com/story/51306/chimp-victim-moved-to-face-transplant-clinic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 20 Feb 2009 2:15:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/50142/face-transplant-patient-leaves-cleveland-hospital.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe subject of the first face transplant performed in America was released from the hospital yesterday, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. The patient left after 2 months of recovery from the experimental, 23-hour procedure. She enjoys being able to once again drink from a cup and taste a hamburger, the...http://www.newser.com/story/50142/face-transplant-patient-leaves-cleveland-hospital.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Feb 2009 15:02:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45720/face-transplant-risks-life-in-pursuit-of-social-approval.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA face transplant completed at a Cleveland clinic may be a medical triumph, but, William Saletan wonders on Slate, does the social necessity outweigh the physical risk? Severe facial damage affected the woman’s physical functions, but surgeons also argue that “social functions” such as communication are equally essential. This logic...http://www.newser.com/story/45720/face-transplant-risks-life-in-pursuit-of-social-approval.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 19 Dec 2008 14:44:38 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45614/docs-detail-near-total-face-transplant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCleveland Clinic officials say the woman who underwent the most comprehensive face transplant yet exhausted conventional options before agreeing to the risky 22-hour procedure in which 80% of her face was replaced with a cadaver’s. The unnamed patient lacked a nose or palate and couldn’t eat or breathe without a...http://www.newser.com/story/45614/docs-detail-near-total-face-transplant.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 17 Dec 2008 14:29:22 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44224/cleveland-clinic-first-to-divulge-docs-drug-ties.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOne of America's leading medical research centers will reveal all links its doctors and scientists have to drug companies and makers of medical devices, the New York Times reports. The move by the Cleveland Clinic—stung by conflict-of-interest accusations when cozy relationships between staff and suppliers have been discovered—is...http://www.newser.com/story/44224/cleveland-clinic-first-to-divulge-docs-drug-ties.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 03 Dec 2008 4:35:01 CST