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Tuesday, May 14, 2013  Talk of actress Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy in order to eliminate her chances of breast cancer has flooded social media sites across the web.

Monday, December 31, 2012  Myrtle Beach Mayor John Rhodes is "doing well" following surgery, according to City of Myrtle Beach spokesman Mark Kruea.

Saturday, December 29, 2012  The Mayor of Myrtle Beach spent is in the hospital after an episode with high blood pressure.

Monday, September 03, 2012  Jennifer Smith, with Noah's Ark animal rescue facility near Hilton Head, says a pit bull found with his nose ripped from his face will have major surgery Wednesday.

Thursday, March 01, 2012  A bill that would prohibit state money from being used for sex change surgeries for prison inmates is one step closer to becoming law.

Thursday, February 16, 2012  A legislative committee is debating a bill that would prohibit any state money from being used on sexual reassignment surgery for inmates.

Monday, December 26, 2011  Last Friday, Dillon Fire Station One Assistant Chief, Ed Edwards, underwent open heart surgery after he suffered a heart attack while battling a nightclub fire in Dillon three weeks ago.

Tuesday, December 20, 2011  An arthritic 14-year-old black lab mix is getting a youthful regain of strength.

Monday, October 24, 2011  Man's best friend is getting one of man's best treatments.

Thursday, September 15, 2011  Christina Goldman, of Myrtle Beach, used Facebook to tell her friends and family she was in Thailand to undergo gender reassignment surgery.

Wednesday, August 10, 2011  Artists came together for a three-month-old boy Wednesday night. Two local artists held an art show at the Dunkin Donuts off 17 Bypass in Surfside Beach.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011  A Pawleys Island woman will travel to Ohio next month for a battery of tests that will determine whether she is a candidate for a rare intestinal transplant at the Cleveland Clinic, one of the few medical facilities in the world to offer intestinal transplantation. She says it's by chance that she's even getting this opportunity.

Friday, July 15, 2011  A cat was found in an abandoned house in the Green Sea community in Horry County on July 7th, shot six times. The orange and white tabby was shot twice with a 22 caliber gun and four times with a pellet gun.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011  Three people charged with performing an illegal liposuction procedure at a North Myrtle Beach condominium are being held under $50,000 bond each. Local plastic surgeons say it's the first instance they've heard of underground plastic surgery techniques being performed on the Grand Strand.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011  Nearly 1.5 million people are diagnosed with cancer each year in America, and almost everyone has been affected by the disease in some way.  That's also true for the NewsChannel 15 family.