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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 [...]

Vitamins Connected to Higher Death Risk

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We all need vitamins and we get them from fruits, vegetables, basically from what we eat and drink. It’s never good to take too much of something and it also applies to vitamins. A recent study reveals that taking too much vitamins is linked to a higher death rate among older women. This wasn’t a surprise to the researchers because they suspected for quite a while now that vitamin supplements are beneficial to people who [...]

Deepak Kumar Paswan is Freed from Extra Limbs

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INDIA – Deepak Kumar (7) was born with four legs and four arms. He’s from one of the poorest states of India and he’s considered to many as sort of God. People travel long distance to visit Deepak Kumar, the religious icon who the local Hindus see as a resemblance of the multi-limbed God Vishnu. They give him money, clothes, shoes, flowers, fruit and candy. Others see him as a reincarnation of the Devil. Deepak’s [...]

British Woman Pretends Son Has Cancer to Claim Benefits

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A British woman claimed over £100,000 in benefits by faking that her son was suffering from cancer. She carefully planned the scam however she got caught anyways. She shaved her young son’s hair and eyebrows to make it look like he was undergoing chemotherapy and even convincing him that he had the disease. The woman made him wear a bandana every day. Apparently the woman received cash from tax exemptions, disability benefits and even careers’ [...]

Pepper Spray

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Nowadays anyone with a purse/satchel carries a pepper spray, especially women. Sometimes when you use the spray, it can blow back in your face or if you’re not paying attention, you might spray yourself in the face. Some police officers believe that they have a badge to do whatever the hell they want. They abuse their power and as consequence harm the innocent. Recently a couple of police officers pepper sprayed a group of women [...]

Cancer Trial Drug Successful

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Alpha radiation drug is the key to treat prostate cancer. A new trial held at London’s Royal Marsden Hospital was stopped much earlier than expected due to tremendous success. The doctors gave the patients a powerful alpha radiation drug which make them live longer, and experienced less pain and side effects. Another reason why they stopped the trial was because they feel it was unethical not to offer the treatment to all the patients (especially [...]

Living Woman Pronouced Dead in Brazil

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Imagine that doctors declared your mother dead while she’s alive! In Brazil a nurse and a doctor found a woman, Rosa Celestrino de Assis, without any vital signs, they pronounced her dead. Rosa was hospitalized due to a severe case of pneumonia and shortly after her “dead” they sent her to the morgue. Devastated by the news, Rosangela, Rosa’s daughter went to the morgue to give her mother one last morgue and noticed that her [...]