A couple’s pet dog ate one of their passports ahead of their Italy wedding.A South Boston couple’s destination wedding hangs in the balance after their pet dog ate one of their passports.Husband-to-be Donato Frattaroli was left in an unexpected predicament last Thursday, when he discovered his golden retriever Chickie had chewed up several pages of his passport — days before his Aug. 31 wedding ceremony in Italy, reportedWCVBin Boston.Frattaroli found out what his mischievous dog had been up to when he returned home after visiting city hall with his fiancée Magda Mazri to collect their marriage license, added the outlet....

Getty The lawsuit, filed last Friday, alleges that Dr. Derrick Todd, a former rheumatologist atBrigham and Women’s Hospitalconducted pelvic, breast, and rectal exams solely for his sexual gratification under the pretense of delivering care to his patients. The patients involved in the lawsuit assert that this conduct constitutessexual assault. The lawsuit alleges that Todd “breached his duty of care when he performed inappropriate bodily examinations, practiced gynecological medicine in an unauthorized manner, and sexually assaulted patients under the auspices of providing medical care....

Photo: American Heart Association Doctors have repaired a malformation in the brain of a 34-week-old fetus. TheAmerican Heart Associationshared news of the groundbreaking procedure through apress releaseon Thursday, stating that the surgery was done as part of a clinical trial that is currently underway at the Boston Children’s Hospital and Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital. The surgery treats the vein of Galen malformation in the brain. According to the AHA, the malformation is a rare prenatal condition in which arteries “bringing high-flow, high-pressure blood to the brain from the heart connect directly with one of the main collecting veins deep at the base of the brain, rather than to capillaries that are necessary to slow blood flow and deliver oxygen to surrounding brain tissue....

Photo: courtesy Saladino family When her sonHenrywas just five weeks old, Mary Saladino had a scary experience. “I was taking him out of the bath when he got stiff and went unconscious,” she tells PEOPLE. “Although he came to within about a minute, I knew something was wrong.” Three days later, she and her husband Anthony put Henry under his play mat — and he started seizing. “It was a very obvious seizure affecting the right side of his body,” Mary, 33, says....

Surgery.Photo: Getty A Boston hospital is opting against providinga heart transplantfor a man who refuses to get vaccinated against COVID-19. DJ Ferguson, 31, is desperately in need of a heart replacement, but will not get a COVID-19 vaccine. That puts him up against Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s policy, whichrequires transplant patientsto be vaccinated against the virus. “My son has gone to the edge of death to stick to his guns and he’s been pushed to the limit,” DJ’s father, David Fergusontold CBS Boston....

Photo: Stuart Cahill/The Boston Herald via AP An ICU nurse was rescued after she sunk into a waist-deep pit of mud along a Boston beach, an incident she says is a reflection of what her year as a healthcare professional has looked like amid COVID. “It’s a great metaphor for the year. I can’t believe it,” Camille Coelho, 54, told theBoston Herald. “I stepped in mud and pretty soon it was up to my knees and I was stuck… I guess I just had my 15 minutes of fame....

Handcuffs.Photo: Getty A Boston man has been arrested and charged after he allegedly tried to hire hitmen to murder his wife and her new boyfriend. Per the release, Chowdhury allegedly gave undercover agents who were posing as contract killers information about his wife and her boyfriend, including where they live and their work location and schedules, as well as photographs, with instructions to murder them and make sure that the evidence did not trace back to him....

Brain imaging.Photo: Getty A man living in Boston — who medical personnel say was otherwise in good health — was diagnosed with a tapeworm infection after experiencing mysteriousseizures. According to a study published inThe New England Journal of Medicineon Nov. 11, the horrifying series of events unfolded when the man, 38, began behaving strangely one night while at home with his wife. His wife called police, explaining that her husband fell out of bed at around 4 a....

Photo: WCVB ABC 5 The daughter of the unidentified victim told ABC affiliateWCVBthat she was still devastated over the brutal gang attack on her elderly father last Thursday evening. “[We’re] discouraged at humanity, in general, to know that someone — or more than someone — can get together and beat on a defenseless elderly man,” she added. According toa press release from the Massachusetts State Police, the incident happened around 7:30 p....

Photo: Adrianne Haslet/Instagram Adrianne Hasletis proving she’s a fighter yet again. Haslet confirmed the devastating news onher Instagramon Sunday, sharing a photo of herself lying in the hospital bed with a brace around her neck. She also posted two videos on her Instagram Stories and thanked her followers for their support through this trying time. Adrianne Haslet on her Instagram Stories.Adrianne Haslet/Instagram “The outpouring of support has been amazing. I’m really scared and heading into my next surgery....

Photo: Holly SwegleMarc Fucarile was supporting a friend at the 2013 Boston Marathon when the second bomb went off and instantly amputated his right leg. Now, ten years later, he’ll return to the marathon to thank the city and the people who have supported him.“You never want to be on the receiving end of generosity because that means something bad happened, but it’s emotional knowing that complete strangers care about you,” Fucarile tells PEOPLE....

Photo: United States Department of Agriculture Frozen food distributor Bellisio Foods is recalling Boston Market pork meals because of a possible contamination. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Serviceannounced the recallon Saturday, stating that over 173,000 pounds of frozen entrée products are affected. The boxes labeled Boston Market Home Style Meals Boneless Pork Rib Shaped Patty with BBQ Sauce and Mashed Potatoes could be “contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically pieces of glass or hard plastic,” the FSIS said....

Dejah Jenkins-Minus.Photo: facebook Jenkins-Minus, 22, was killed in Lowell on Thanksgiving Day, according to a statement from the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office. Today, Leonard D. Robinson will stand before a judge for his arraignment. Robinson’s arrest was announced on Monday. It was not immediately clear if he has retained a lawyer. Meanwhile,a GoFundMe campaignhas been launched to help the young mother’s child. “The preliminary investigation suggests that Robinson allegedly killed Dejah Jenkins-Minus on November 25, 2021, in a home located on Llewelyn Street before fleeing the scene,” notes the statement from the district attorney’s office....