MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'bruins defenceman matt hunwick'. Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:29:54 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2348673&cid=t_235940_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FnOjZw_W4vWg%2F The spleen is an organ you don’t hear about very often. Most people don’t know what it does or why we have one. In fact, most of the time when someone hears about the spleen, it’s when someone has injured it and has to have surgery to remove it: a splenectomy. Boston Bruins defenceman Matt Hunwick was one of those unlucky ones yesterday. The 24-year-old hockey player had to leave his team, which is in the first round of the Stanley Cup play offs against the Montreal Canadiens, and will be spending the next few weeks recovering from his surgery. Your spleen is a rather small, unassuming organ. It can be anywhere from 2.5 to six inches long and is usually on the left side, just below your rib cage. For an unknown organ, it has an important role. Along with other body organs... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2348673 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:49:29 +0100 2348673