Renegade sperm donor triggers US probe
A California man who donates his sperm for free to couples who want to have a baby is being investigated by US regulators but insists he will continue his efforts as a matter of goodwill.
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Jan 28, 2012 |
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One more 'player' on the pitch thanks to a new training method
"Mr Oxygen", as it is known by researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, is the "extra player" that is gained on the pitch thanks to their new system designed for elite footballers. ...
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Mar 07, 2012 |
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Controversial vaccine trial should never have been run in India, researchers say
Research published today in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine raises further questions about a trial of HPV vaccines in India.
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Jun 20, 2012 |
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How doctors and public health officials deal with dilemmas
Scientists in the US have investigated the ways in which medical doctors and public health professionals deal with hypothetical dilemmas that require them to decide whether to sacrifice a few for the sake of saving many. ...
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Jun 03, 2011 |
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Men play post-op catch-up
Although women generally have worse knee function and more severe symptoms before undergoing surgery for knee replacement than men, they recover faster after the operation. Men take longer to recover but, after a year, they ...
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Jun 29, 2011 |
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'It works' -- face transplants now mainstream
(AP) -- They savor pizza and burgers, no longer frighten children, and many of them can walk the streets without people knowing they have someone else's cheeks, nose, lips and skin. People who have had face ...
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Aug 11, 2011 |
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Innovative spinal stapling leads to astonishing outcome for little girl
Four-year-old Grace Rego had been complaining about back pain for several months. She had trouble sitting in the car, even for short periods of time, and told her parents Jennifer and Chad her back felt “spicy” ...
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Sep 01, 2011 |
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Turkish womb transplant promises hope for women
Lying on a hospital bed in her laced violet nightgown, Derya Sert is the first woman in the world to receive a womb from a deceased donor, raising hopes for millions of women to bear a child.
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Oct 01, 2011 |
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Chilean doctors separate conjoined twins
Chilean doctors successfully separated conjoined twin girls early Wednesday after a marathon 18-hour surgery widely followed in the South American country on television and the Internet.
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Dec 14, 2011 |
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Restricting high-risk individuals from owning guns saves lives
On July 20, a gunman in Aurora, Colorado, used an assault rifle to murder 12 people and wound 58 others. Although this was one of the worst mass shootings in U.S. history, all mass shootings account for a small percentage ...
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Oct 25, 2012 |
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New testing methods for contaminated sports drinks from Taiwan
The European Commission's Joint Research Centre has developed three new methods to detect an illegal clouding agent which can be found in sports drinks imported from Taiwan.
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Jul 29, 2011 |
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ASAM releases new definition of addiction
The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) has released a new definition of addiction highlighting that addiction is a chronic brain disorder and not simply a behavioral problem involving too much alcohol, drugs, gambling ...
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Aug 15, 2011 |
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Doctors question Perry's stem cell back treatment
(AP) -- He calls it innovative. Others call it a big risk. In any case, the stem cell procedure that Texas Gov. Rick Perry had last month was an unusual experiment to fix a common malady: a bad back.
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Aug 19, 2011 |
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Uh-oh: Scientists say film 'Contagion' is for real
(AP) -- Yes, it could happen. But it's a stretch. "Contagion," a Hollywood thriller that opened last weekend, rocketed to No. 1 at the box office through its gripping tale of a fictional global epidemic driven ...
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Sep 15, 2011 |
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US proposes regulating face, hand transplants
The government wants to start regulating face and hand transplants just as kidneys, hearts and other organs are now, with waiting lists, a nationwide system to match and distribute body parts and donor testing ...
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Jan 05, 2012 |
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