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First Trachea Transplant in a Woman; Free of Drugs

An international research team announced on Wednesday that a woman from Colombia has just received the first trachea transplant which was grown by seeding a donor organ with her stem cells as to prevent her body from rejecting it. The surgery was a total success and it was made back in June.

The doctors used tissue from the woman’s...

According to New Laws, Doctors Can Refuse Doing an Abortion

Some doctors and health care workers are afraid or feel uncomfortable when they have to participate in abortions. Many of them feel fear because of religious, social or moral objections which don’t permit them to agree to such kind of surgeries.The Bush administration obeyed the doctors’ concerns and set out a new law on Thursday through...

Premature Israeli baby left in morgue for five hours dies

A premature baby girl who had shocked Israelis when she suddenly showed signs of life after spending more than five hours in a morgue refrigerator died early on Tuesday in the northern Israeli hospital were she was born. A senior gynaecologist who had helped deliver the 610-gram baby, born on Monday in the fifth month of her mother's...

FDA States the Chemical Used in Plastic Bottles is Safe

The Food and Drug Administration announced on Friday that they will hold a public meeting about the chemical found in baby bottles and other products. The meeting will be held next month and the environmental groups say that the chemical, known as bisphenol A, could hurt little children and animals.Still, the U.S. Food and Drug...

Watch Out for Mosquitoes! Warning Isn’t Over

Decline in West Nile infections is over and the KPCC wants to know what can happen if a healthy person contracts the illness. Jack Raney of Upland contacted the disease and he was in a coma for weeks after the illness developed. The tragedy of getting the disease by only a bite of a mosquito has frightened a lot of people. There is also...

UNICEF:India, China at risk of failing to meet child health goals

India and China, where 2.5 million child deaths were recorded in 2006, need to make 'significant strides' in health-related services for children if the UN's millenium development goals are to be met, a UNICEF report warned Tuesday. UNICEF said that unless India, in particular, achieved 'major improvements in health, nutrition,...

Fast-Food Kids’ Meals Are Too Fat!

Fast-food restaurants use to deliver quick meals for kids. But what exactly could be found in these menus? Study shows that 90% of these meals have more than the calories recommended on a day for one child. Many of them are also full of salt and fats!After the study made by The Center for Science in the Public Interest, it was obvious...

Many Sunscreens Fail To Offer Protection Against Sun’s Rays

A market research company called Mintel carried out a study on over 750 sunscreens, and discovered that most of the products fail to protect the skin against the harmful rays of the Sun.For a long time, scientists advised people that it is very important to stay protected from UVB rays, as well as UVA rays. But what researchers now found...

In search of smooth skin for summer: Shaving beats laser treatment

People who want their skin to look smooth this summer are better off using proven methods such as shaving and cold or warm waxing. New pulse light treatments and laser light hair removal methods currently being offered by cosmeticians are not as effective as their advocates make them sound, according to Germany's consumer centre...

Too much paracetamol can cause liver damage

The painkiller paracetamol can cause health problems, if the dose is too high, experts say. A healthy adult who takes more than 10 to 12 grams in one dose or more than 7.5 grams a day for a longer period, risks liver damage, reports the German Federation of German Apothecary Associations. The recommended doses for children are...

Homophobia, prevention dominate AIDS conference in Mexico

Homophobia and disappointments in the search for a vaccine were expected to dominate the 17th International AIDS Conference as an estimated 25,000 scientists, politicians, physicians and activists gathered in Mexico City. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon told the conference on its opening day Sunday that discrimination...

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Parents can ease their children's anxiety about visits to a doctor by using play to prepare them, the German association of paediatricians says. "Pretend...

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The bodies of six people - 4 adults and 2 children - were found by police in a small brick house in Memphis, Tennessee. Inside the small building were found three other...