" Written by Danny Penman The progress of medical science in the past 30 years has been so rapid that yesterday's miracles are tomorrow's commonplace procedures. So it has proved with heart transplants, which have...
I am not sure if we needed all this information. I can't see how any of this could create a conflict with Hillary Clinton serving as secretary of state.This is more than enough information. " The governments...
Reconstructive surgeon Dr. Maria Siemionow of Cleveland Clinic has just finished the nation's first near-total face transplant - 80% of the patient's face - with that of a dead female donor. The first partial face transplant was done in France three years ago on a woman who...
Many babies are created in this way. As the number goes up, birth defects will increase... More caution must be employed to prevent this from happening."ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- A new study from the Centers...
Natural law is at challange again, this time by a male who is ready to give birth to child. " Thomas Beatie, the US "pregnant man" who gave birth to a daughter in June, is expecting his second child. The...
Bone Marrow Transplant Cured AIDS Patient BERLIN — A man suffering from AIDS, not knowing that he had been infected with the AIDS virus for more than 10 years appears to have been cured of the disease after...
Pig organs have for a long time been seen as a possibly beeing able to be used as in humans but rejection has been a problem. Now scientists have announced that using genetically modified pigs bred specifically for...
st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } Schwab Charitable, one of the country’s largest and fastest growing national donor-advised funds with 12,000 donors and nearly $2 billion in assets, announced today that...
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A German man received the world's first complete double arm transplant and is adjusting well to his new arms, although it could take as long as two years before he gains functionality in his hands. The nerves are predicted to grow down the arm at a daily rate of 1mm,...
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Following Brad Pitt's $100k lead from last week, Steven Spielberg and his wife Kate Capshaw have joined the fight for gay rights and matched Pitt's donation of $100,000 to oppose California's Proposition 8 which...
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After body, life and many other weired stuff a Pakistani national has put up his kidney on a Pakistani auction website. So far no bidders have come to avial this offer.The Kidney business in Pakistan is unregulated and foreigners can buy kidneys from impoverished Pakistanis...
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"The male patient, 54, was "doing well under the circumstances" after the 15-hour operation last month, said Dr Christoph Hoehnke, one of the lead surgeons at the Isar clinic in Munich. Dr Hoehnke told...
By Albert N. Milliron, Editor, Politisite.comDirect making firms are used for charities even political candidates. But does your money really get to the charity or candidate you wrote out that hard earned...
This is the first time I've heard the phrase, but apparently "choice moms" is catching on as a label for women who choose single motherhood with no intention of partnering. A feature in today's Globe and Mail highlights some related support groups that are gaining...
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Amidst heated debate and controversy, Norway became the sixth nation (following, South Africa (5th), Spain (4th), Canada (3rd), Belgium (2nd), and the Netherlands (1st), to grant same-sex marriage privileges. "...