Girl with paralysis requested to be disconnected from the respirator that keeps her alive

20 March 2010 - 18:41

pide-desconecten-paralisis-picThe newspaper “Svenska Dagbladet” reported that: “A woman of 31 years with its entire body paralyzed and with a congenital degenerative neurological disease called by letter to the Swedish authorities to allow the doctors that take care of her to turn off the respirator to which she has been conected for 25 years ago.

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For a mistake, doctors amputate a baby girl’s legs

19 March 2010 - 9:46

hospital-cadiz-amputan-picSpanish media reported that “A ‘mistake’ by Medical Emergency Services at the Puerta del Mar Hospital in Cadiz caused the amputation of both legs and severe neurological injury to a fifteen month old child”

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Heart disease and the risks of air travel

16 March 2010 - 9:56

riesgos-corazon-avion-picEileen McNeely, author of a recent study, stated that “air travel may increase the risk of cardiac arrhythmia among older adults with a history of heart disease”

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Transplantation of healthy skin could cure vitiligo disease

14 March 2010 - 21:58

vitiligo-piel-picAccording to a group of scientists from the U.S. “A surgical operation to transplant skin could be an effective way to treat vitiligo disease, a chronic disorder that stops the production of melanin, the substance responsible for skin pigmentation.”

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Diet products cause weight gain if are consumed in quantity

13 March 2010 - 11:57

productos-diet-cantidad-picThe Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), reported that “The products called light, or diet are addictive in their consumption, which causes weight gain, and raises levels in sugar and fat in the body .

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Blood Pressure: A risk factor for cardiovascular disease

12 March 2010 - 10:01

presion-arterial-picIn several studies published in the medical journals Lancet and Lancet Neurology, researchers suggest current guidelines for treating people with high blood pressure need to be revised.

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Women who drink red wine are less likely to get fat than teetotalers

11 March 2010 - 10:02

vino-mujer-picThe Archives of Internal Medicine reported that a 13-year research found that women who did not drink at all gained the most weight.

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Three year old conjointed twins can no longer share their heart

10 March 2010 - 12:33

siamesas-corazon-picEmma and Taylor Bailey, who live in Phoenix, Arizona, were born with the same heart and liver.

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Two year old girl cured by UVA tanning treatment

10 March 2010 - 12:16

rayos-uva-picStephanie Brown is a two-year old British girl who now lives happythanks to UV rays.

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A giant tumor was removed from a man

08 March 2010 - 14:14

Foto: IberpressIn the National Cancer Institute of Milan, Italy, doctors managed to extract from man of 54 years old a giant tumor, in an exceptional surgery.

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