Sisters Have Stomachs Removed to Survive...
Despite their recent ordeal over the past 3 years, Lisa Bendle, 24, and her sister Ruth, 22 still have some agonizing decisions to make.
The sisters from Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, made medical history last year when they both had live saving operations to remove their stomachs, on the same day in the...
Miracle Surgery Saves Baby with Wrong Bl...
A toddler has had pioneering surgery to correct the flow of blood of blood in his body.
Alec Hutchinson, three, was born with Congenitally Corrected Transposition, an extremely rare condition which caused his heart pumped blood the wrong way around his body.
In sufferers, the artery taking oxygenated blood...
Thailand and US Aid Burma After Recent C...
The first cyclone of the 2008 season in the northern Indian Ocean was a devastating one for Burma.
Cyclone Nargis hit the land with sustained winds of 130 mph and gusts of 150-160 mph, equivalent to a strong Category 3 or minimal Category 4 hurricane.
On the 5th news reports stated that several thousand...
Americans Right to Sue Weakening...
Throughout the history of the Food and Drug Administration, US citizens have always had the right to bring a manufacturer – responsible for producing faulty products – to justice in a court of law.
But with the FDA seriously underfunded in its role of assuring the safety of foods and drugs, plus...
Drug Rehab and Addiction Treatment in Lu...
Alcohol and drug addiction is a disease that progresses through predictable stages. It takes a trained health professional, often a doctor specializing in addiction medicine, to make an accurate diagnosis and prescribe the most appropriate treatment for drug rehab.
Many adults are faced with the problem of...
The Healthy Way to Consume Caffeine...
Caffeine is the most widely used stimulant in the world. Some choose to consume caffeine because they ‘acquired a taste’ for it, others (like myself for example) only choose to drink coffee it when they wish to fight off sleep.
There are a number of tips to help you get optimally wired when...
Medical Hair Restoration...
Balding and hair loss is a condition that affects many men and women. Each year tens of thousands of people investigate hair transplants, which is currently the only permanent solution to hair loss.
When performed by experts, hair transplants are easy for the patient. The results greatly depend on the...
Breast Cancer Patient Awarded 9 Million ...
A woman whose medical coverage had been canceled whilst she was undergoing treatment for breast cancer was recently awarded more than $9 million in a case against one of California’s largest health insurers.
Patsy Bates, 52, a hairdresser from Gardena, was preparing for surgery when she first the news...
What is Articular Cartilage...
When it comes to knee problems, damage to the tendons (tendinitis), ligaments or the meniscus cartilage (the C-shaped wedge of cartilage that act as the knee’s shock absorbers) account for many cases, however there is another form of cartilage that can also be the cause of knee problems – the...
The Great King of Thailand Bhumibol Adul...
History of King Bhumibol
King Bhumibol Adulyadej was born Monday 5 December 1927 and is the current King and Head of the State of Thailand. Publicly acclaimed “the Great”, he is also known as Rama IX – or the 9th King of the Chakri Dynasty. Having reigned since 9 June 1946, he is the...
