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The Biomask Project

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Imagine that if you were severely burned and all it takes is to wear a mask namely the Biomask to re-grow your treat the burned skin, re-grow it in record time and shape the facial features also. Well it’s not a myth and it’s also not the burning proof skin Antonio Banderas created in the film “The Skin I Live In”, but it’s real and it appears to be a success. Engineers and researchers at [...]

PIP Breast Implant Maker Arrested

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FRANCE – Many South American countries in like Colombia, Venezuela and Peru to mention a few are victims of the Poly Implant Protheses (PIP) breast implants. These PIP breast implants are directly connected to health issues. French police arrested Claude Couty, the founder of the company making these dangerous implants for involuntary harm and manslaughter. Last year the Colombian government was covering the costs for all its citizens who had these PIP implants to remove [...]

Man Dies from Eating 6 Kilograms of Metal Objects

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INDIA – Surgeons removed 431 coins, 196 iron bolts, 17 screws, and 3 keys from the stomach of a farmer in the state of Chhattissgarh. Sadly the man died on the operating table after the surgeons removed the objects. The man was complaining of stomach and abdominal aches for about 4 weeks, his widow said. When they arrive at the Hospital, they did some x-rays that revealed a number of objects in his stomach. While [...]

Australian Hospital Terminated Wrong Twin Fetus

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An Australian hospital has launched an investigation after staff treating a woman carrying twin boys unintentionally terminated the wrong fetus. Doctors told the woman that one of her baby-boys had a congenital heart defect that would require several surgeries, if he survived. The woman chose to abort the 32-week-old fetus but sadly the hospital staff terminated the life of the wrong fetus. The Royal Women’s Hospital in Melbourne labeled it as a “terrible tragedy”. They [...]

Warning! Faintly too Much of ‘Paracetamol’ Can Cause Overdose

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Taking faintly too much paracetamol on a daily basis can be fatal, according to experts. A life threatening dosage might just be a few pills too many taken regularly. Researchers at Edinburg University saw 161 cases of what they call “shocking overdose” at its hospital over a 16-year period of time. The doctors say that people taking tablets for chronic pain, aren’t aware nor do they realize that they were taking too many pills or [...]

Transgender Woman Arrested After Handing Out Butt Implants With Cement

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Oneal Morris, a transgender woman who is legally identified as a man was arrested in South Florida after he injected a patient’s butt with a mixture of cement, mineral oil, super glue, and tire sealant. Butt implants are reasonably more dangerous than breast implants even when given by a licensed professional. According to the police, Morris used her “brand” of unlicensed cosmetic surgery on a woman. As a result, the woman’s butt size increased at [...]

Chinese Doctors Saved Fingertip by Attaching It to Stomach

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CHINA – Wang Yongjun (20) accidentally cut off his middle-finger-tip with an electric saw. The doctors had little time so they decided to save the fingertip by attaching it to his stomach. One of the doctors, Huang Xuesong, explained that the muscle and skin had been cut away from the end of his finger, leaving only the bone viewing. He also added that they had to act quick therefore they came to the decision to [...]

Unlicensed Cosmetologist Convicted after Injecting Botox

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Elsa Then (58) ran an illegal cosmetology practice serving mostly the Hispanic community in the Bronx, New York. She is also responsible for the death of 47-year-old woman, Fiordaliza Pichardo. The woman was erroneously injected with silicone into her rear-end and legs and died the next day. Pichardo’s daughter, Marinez Rodriguez, was present during the inferior operation and she testified in court that Elsa T. was injecting her mother and that she was in pain. [...]

Scientists Eliminate the Aging Process in Mice

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Nowadays people buy all kinds of stuff to prevent the aging process, such as creams, lotions and even special blend oils. But it’s all about to change very soon. US researchers have slowed and halted the onset process of wrinkles, muscle wasting and cataracts in mice. They did it by “flushing out” retired cells that had stopped dividing as they build up naturally with age. It is believed that these findings will really help in [...]

The Sperm bike

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Roaming around the city of Seattle is the sperm bike. I know what you think; the bike probably is called like that because whoever is driving it might be getting laid a lot! However it’s not the case…..the Seattle Sperm Lab came up with this brilliant idea to deliver samples quickly from the bank to the clinic. You know how traffic can be during rush hour! Aside from serving its purpose to collect and deliver, [...]

Hairy Disease

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A Chinese boy, Tian Tian has a weird and inexplicable illness. His skin is covered by thick layer of hair. He was born with black hair all over his body and only on his face there was visible skin. His hairiness is not the ordinary kind; I’m saying this in the most respectful manner, but it seems like the boy has fur (like a pet dog). His parents took him to different hospitals, but none [...]

Science: The Exceptional Genes of 115 Year Old Woman

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AMSTERDAM – Back in 2005, a Dutch woman named Henrikje van Andel was the oldest person in the world when she died at age of 115. She died of stomach cancer, not from old age as many of you might have thought. Scientist did a postmortem analysis of the woman’s brain which revealed little signs of Alzheimer’s or other diseases usually related to a drop in mental ability due to old age. According to Gert [...]

Vietnamese Woman Ages Decades in Days

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A 26-year-old Vietnamese woman, Nguyen Thi Phuong has a physical appearance of a 70-year-old woman. In the above pictures you can see a young woman and a much older woman, a grand-daughter and grand-mother perhaps but these pictures are of the same woman taken weeks apart. Nguyen Thi Phuong is a poor woman and didn’t go to the Doctor for treatment since she developed a sagging skin and puffy face back in 2008. She believed that [...]