Showing posts with label Health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Health. Show all posts

6 Mar 2017

India abortion: Police find 19 female foetuses

Police in the western Indian state of Maharashtra have found 19 aborted female foetuses near a hospital.
Senior police officials in Sangli district said the remains were "buried with the intention of disposing them".

Woman claims seatbelts are 'racist to fat people'

A woman has claimed seatbelts are "racist to fat people" as her size prevents her from being able to wear the legally required safety strap.
The anonymous woman from New Zealand was filmed driving without wearing her seatbelt because she "can't fit it", and has said the police are "racist" toward overweight people if they give her a fine for not wearing the legally required safety strap.

24 Feb 2017

'Record' antivenom saves boy bitten by funnel-web

A 10-year-old boy is lucky to be alive after surviving being bitten by one of the world's deadliest spiders.
Matthew Mitchell required what is believed to be the largest dose of antivenom ever administered in Australia - 12 vials in total - after experiencing numerous convulsions.

30 May 2016

Mother-of-eight relives the nightmare of waking up 6 days after having a C-section to discover that both of her legs had been amputated

A mother-of-eight who went into hospital to give birth has told of the trauma she went through after waking up six days after her C-section to discover both her legs had been amputated.

Ella Clarke, 31, from Torquay, Devon, thought she was coming round from her caesarean but she was left devastated as doctors informed her that after five days of being in an induced coma they had made the decision to remove her lower limbs.

200 million-to-1: Genetically identical triplets born exactly same, Boys beat odds of to be born exactly the same

They are only a handful of naturally conceived sets of identical triplets.

If the 23-year-old Becki-Jo Allen got a shock early in her pregnancy when she consulted her doctor with severe headaches and nausea and was told that she was expecting triplets, then there was more awaiting her after the delivery.

Women Beware: Are plastic surgeons fooling you?

Ladies, if you had breast implants, do you know how often you should change them? Many of you don’t and many are being conned by plastic surgeons.
Most of the implants used in the UAE are from one of the top international brands, and it comes with a 25-year guarantee.

11 May 2016

70-year-old woman gives birth to first baby

A woman who gave birth at the age of 70 said on Tuesday she was not too old to become a first-time mother, adding that her life was now complete according to Emirates 247.
Daljinder Kaur of India gave birth last month to a boy following two years of IVF treatment at a fertility clinic in the northern state of Haryana with her 79-year-old husband.

7 May 2016

Man mauled to death by his dog while having epileptic attack

According to Liam's girlfriend, Jessica Hill, the dog had attacked him 2 previous times in the past when he had epileptic attacks and she had begged him to get rid of the pitbull cross, called Trigger but he refused saying he loved the dog too much to get rid of him.
She said she is heartbroken that the dog killed him this third time it tried. She said in a statement to the inquest:“I asked him to get rid of the dog because of the way it had behaved but he refused. He said he loved it too much to get rid of it.”

6 May 2016

Meet the 'solar kids' who can't move or talk after sun goes down

The two brothers have come to be known as the "solar kids" and their case has mystified Pakistani doctors.
Aged nine and 13, the boys are normal active children during the day. But once the sun goes down, they both lapse into a vegetative state - unable to move or talk. Javed Akram, a professor of medicine at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, told The Associated Press on Thursday that he had no idea what was causing the symptoms.

Woman, 20, donates organs after giving birth to twins

A woman died at the young age of around 20 but not before giving new life not only to a pair of twins, but also to four other people.
Shao Ziyan had been in coma since Feb 23 when she gave birth to twin boys. After 53 days of treatment at intensive care unit (ICU), her heart stopped beating at 10:01 am April 15, Friday.

5 May 2016

Check out the picture of a boy born with 31 fingers and toes

Meet 4-months-old Hong Hong who has 31 fingers and toes.  Hong Hong from China suffers from an extreme case of polydactyly, which affects around two in 1,000 kids, reports Metro.

The boy was born in January with 15 fingers and 16 toes in Pingjiang County in Hunan province. He also has two palms on each hand and no thumbs.

Chimpanzee attack victim faces transplant complications

A Connecticut woman who underwent a face transplant five years ago after being attacked by a chimpanzee is back in a Boston hospital after doctors discovered her body is rejecting tissue from the transplant.

Dr. Bohdan Pomahac, director of plastic surgery transplantation at Brigham and Women's Hospital, said Wednesday that Charla Nash is experiencing a "moderate rejection episode" and the transplant is not in jeopardy.

16 Apr 2016

The smart sex toy that can monitor a woman’s body to tell her exactly how to achieve the best orgasm

A new smart sex toy aims to empower and destigmatize women’s sexual health, all while tracking your body’s responses to help you achieve the best orgasm.

The $230 Lioness vibrator uses an array of sensors to detect changes in temperature, contraction, and positioning, allowing it to create a personalized profile of a person’s sex drive.

15 Apr 2016

Woman deliveres headless baby in Zimbabwe- Twins died soon after birth

In a bizzare case, a Masvingo woman who went into labour on Wednesday evening, left nursing staff at the provincial hospital’s maternity wing stunned after giving birth to twins, one of them headless.
The other baby who appeared normal, died a few minutes after delivery as the child had an extraordinarily very big head, a condition medical experts said was incompatible with life.

13 Apr 2016

Mentally ill sperm donor in canada impregnated 26 women with 36 offspring (Video)

A Canadian couple is suing a sperm donor who turned out to be mentally ill convict as well as the sperm bank that provided the little swimmers.
James Christian Aggeles looked like the perfect donor on paper. He was a healthy, Ph.D. candidate with a sky-high IQ.

21 Mar 2016

Want to enlarge your manhood? Silicone penis implant adds two inches to girth and length - and lasts for life (18+)

The size of a man’s penis plays a huge role in his self esteem. Having a small member can proliferate feelings of being less masculine or appealing to the opposite sex.

And so, men blighted by a smaller manhood may abstain from sexual encounters – or shy away from the locker rooms at the gym.

Man chokes to death in KFC chicken eating contest in Indonesia

A nationwide chicken eating contest at fast-food outlet KFC in Indonesia has been cancelled after a contestant choked to death on a chicken wing.
The contest offered a prize of $1 billion rupiah (£5,263), and Mr Jayadi had reached the elimination round. The contest has now been cancelled

Fredy Jayadi, 45, died after attempting to eat three wings in under five minutes at the restaurant in West Jakarta.

18 Mar 2016

Revealed: Six dirtiest places on plane, and how to avoid them

According to travel website www.travelmath.com, the dirtiest spot in a plane is the surface that our food rests on – the tray table.
 This was the dirtiest of all the locations and surfaces tested by the microbiologist sent by the website to take samples from five airports and four flights in the US.

8 Mar 2016

Rare' twins born with different dads

A couple whose twins look so different it was feared one may have been accidentally swapped at birth have found that the babies actually have different fathers.
The twins are the same sex, born on the same day, just a few hours apart, but look completely different, Dan Tri online news site reports.

5 Mar 2016

Catholic Prep School: We don't accept Transgender Students

Catholic Rhode Island private school Mount Saint Charles Academy is open to everyone as long as they are not transgender.
The latest edition of the Woonsocket school’s parent-student handbook states flatly and without further explanation: “Mount Saint Charles Academy is unable to make accommodations for transgender students.