“Surgery” on The Daily Caller

NEW YORK (AP) — Barbara Walters said she will have surgery to replace a faulty heart valve later this week and take the summer off from “The View” to recuperate. (more)

Brett Favre has been informed he requires surgery on his left ankle to play the upcoming season for the Minnesota Vikings, and the quarterback is deliberating whether to have the procedure or simply to end his 19-year NFL career by retiring. (more)

Is There a Doctor in the House? (more)

Beauty salons are popping up on the scarred streets of Iraq’s capital and as the violence recedes, more people are looking for cosmetic surgery to give them a lift. (more)

Pamela Anderson, take note: The age of enormous, fake breasts is over. At least, according to the London Times, which reports today that, thanks to the fashion pioneering of Victoria Beckham and a recent embrace of natural curves, the days of the boob boom are over. (more)

With the president’s signature still wet on the Senate health care overhaul, people rightly ask, “what will it mean for me?” For many, the answer will likely be found in your paycheck and in the doctor’s waiting room. (more)

Fed up with its reputation as a haven for rowdy British stag parties, Riga is giving itself a facelift. (more)

I confess, I’m utterly flummoxed by health care reform and what’s going on in Congress. (more)

These days, Heidi Montag is a big hot mess. (more)

NEW YORK – People who donate a kidney in the United States don’t die any faster than nondonors long term, according to a large study that looked at donors over 15 years. (more)

With a mother who has had more than 100 cosmetic surgery operations, it’s little surprise that Hannah Burge felt the urge to tamper with her own body at a young age. (more)

Guru, a rapper and MC, suffered a heart attack and fell into a coma. He is set to undergo surgery today to try and repair some of the damage caused by his condition. Guru, born Keith Alam, had his condition confirmed by his close friend and collaborator DJ Premier. DJ Premier and Guru were partners in the group Gang Starr. (more)

The health care summit that transpired at the Blair House Thursday was like most things that go on in Washington, D.C.: it ran late, everyone had party-line “talking points,” and not a trace of bipartisanship could be found. (more)

Democratic Rep. John P. Murtha, who just Saturday became Pennsylvania’s longest serving member of Congress, died Monday at a Virginia hospital from an infection relating to a recent surgery. (more)

Most college students returned for the spring semester rested and relaxed. Amon Carter IV headed back to class with the mark of his fraternity burned into his backside. (more)

Brooke Mueller was rushed to the intensive care unit of a Los Angeles hospital in the middle of the night Tuesday with a 105-degree fever resulting from her impacted wisdom-tooth surgery and infection earlier in the week. (more)

DENVER (AP) — Colorado Avalanche forward Milan Hejduk needs knee surgery and will miss the Vancouver Olympics. (more)

DENVER (AP) — A surgery technician who infected three dozen people with hepatitis C and may have exposed thousands more says she got careless while switching used syringes with ones filled with a painkiller at two Colorado hospitals. (more)