Surgery

World's heaviest woman 'smiling again' after weight reduction surgery

"She is very happy, she started dancing in her bed," Dr. Muffazal Lakdawala told CNN. "Her smile has come back."

Before she traveled to India for her operation, Eman weighed 1,102 pounds (500 kg) and she'd barely left her bedroom in more than two decades, her family said.

Over the last couple of years she'd been confined to her bed after a stroke severely impaired her speech and mobility.

Recovering from surgery or stress? Yoga can help

In my career as a mobility coach in professional sports, I've helped numerous athletes rehabilitate from sports hernia surgeries, so I was familiar with the recovery process and had set my expectations accordingly.

However, during my surgery prep and procedure, the doctor discovered that the damage to my core was considerably more than just a hernia.

Survivor of shooting that killed her parents is recovering

Doctors operated on a bullet lodged in 26-year-old Jorah Shane's spine. The man who shot her killed her father, Jason, and mother, Tana, on Wednesday after they stopped to help him and he told them he ran out of gas, according to Ada Shane, Jason's sister.

Police in Wyoming arrested Jesus Deniz Mendoza, 18, about 120 miles away from the shooting. FBI agents arrived Thursday to start proceedings to bring him back to Montana to face charges, the Park County Sheriff's Office said.