World's first transplant of two full arms: German team (Update) August 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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A German medical team said Friday it had performed what it called the world's first transplant of two full arms, on a farmer who had lost both his limbs in an accident. | |
US anthrax suspect commits suicide (Update) August 01, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
A US government scientist has committed suicide just as he was about to be charged in the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks that sparked widespread panic in the United States, US media reported Friday. | |
SKorea court rules parents may know baby's sex July 31, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 8
South Korea's top court ruled Thursday that parents have the right to know the sex of their unborn babies, sparking concerns the decision might result in more sex-selection abortions. | |
John McCain gets mole removed from face July 28, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Republican White House hopeful John McCain, who has been treated for skin cancer in the past, said Monday he had a small mole removed from his face during a routine dermatological check-up. | |
Siamese twins from Morocco separated in Saudi July 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Siamese twins from Morocco, connected since birth at the chest and stomach, were separated in a successful operation at a Riyadh hospital on Saturday, the state news agency SPA reported. | |
 Sweat, luck and eureka: Recipes for scientific discovery June 29, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Every week thousands of academic articles heralding discoveries in medicine and science are vetted and validated before being published in no-nonsense journals with names such as "Acta Crystallographica," ... | |
China seals off quake town over epidemic fears: report June 28, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
One of the towns worst hit in last month's devastating China earthquake has been sealed off to prevent epidemics from spreading, after having been opened just briefly, state media said Saturday. | |
Romanian girl can have abortion, panel rules June 27, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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An inter-ministerial panel in Romania ruled Friday that an 11-year-old girl who became pregnant after allegedly being raped by her uncle can have an abortion. | |
Indian twins born six weeks apart doing well: report June 15, 2008 | User rating: 3.2 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Twins born in eastern India almost six weeks apart and of the opposite sex are doing well despite low birth weights, doctors said, according to a report Sunday. | |
Two Spanish youths treated for mobile phone addiction: report June 14, 2008 | User rating: 4 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Two students aged 12 and 13 are being treated for an addiction to mobile phones at a psychiatric centre in northeastern Spain, the Spanish newspaper El Mundo reported on Saturday. | |
Polish baby born 15 times over drink-drive limit June 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 2
A Polish mother who was intoxicated during labour gave birth to a baby girl who was almost 15 times over the adult drink-driving limit, police said Tuesday. | |
Four-armed, four-legged baby born in Indonesia: doctor June 09, 2008 | User rating: 2.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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A young Indonesian mother gave birth to a baby girl with four arms and four legs but the child died within hours, a hospital director said Monday. | |
Australian surgeons save unborn baby's leg June 09, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Australian surgeons saved the leg of an unborn baby by operating when her mother was just 22 weeks' pregnant, in what may be the earliest in utero surgery of its type, the hospital said Monday. | |
New Yorkers uneasy over organ-harvesting ambulance project June 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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An ambulance rushes to the scene of an accident and the paramedics prepare to assist the victim. Behind them another ambulance rolls up, its paramedics ready to intervene if the patient dies. | |
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