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Watford General Hospital consultant Vanash Patel has won a Silver Scalpel Award for excellence in training future NHS colorectal surgeons in robotic techniques.

A woman with cancer that spread to her liver is getting a second chance at life after receiving an organ transplant from a living donor.

An advanced cancer diagnosis didn't stop this 26-year-old from finding humor as she went through treatment.

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Hendrick Health opened a new gastroenterology center in Abilene, offering clinic visits and endoscopy procedures in one location.

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