When George Lai of Portland, Oregon, took his toddler son to a pediatrician last summer for a checkup, the doctor noticed a little splinter in the child's palm. "He must have gotten it between the ...

Routine procedures such as splinter removal and wart treatment are increasingly billed as surgeries, leading to unexpected costs for patients. When George Lai of Portland, Oregon, took his toddler son ...

Billie Bedser, a DJ from Australia, was blowing leafs off her lawn in 2020 when she accidentally stepped on a stick. The wood pierced her foot and left a few splinters in her skin; Billie 'pulled out ...

Two months after having a pacemaker implanted, Hall of Fame slugger Ted Williams will have open-heart surgery Monday in New York. A source close to Williams' family, speaking on condition of anonymity ...