Babies dropped 50 feet in Indian ritual

Muslims in Solapur in India have an ancient ritual which involves throwing their young babies from tall buildings, “to improve their health”. They claim no babies have ever been injured and that the babies are actually stronger for it. I guess this is a practical example of “if it doesn’t kill you, it makes you [...]

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Tummy-Tuck Tales for Toddlers

It could only happen in LA…
A plastic surgeon, has sensed the pain that intending cosmetic surgery patients were experiencing when trying to explain to their young children, that mommy was getting her nose reshaped and her sagging stomach, tucked, to become a trimmer, leaner mommy!! He’s come up with a kids picture story book [...]

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Cosmetic Surgery Business is Looking Good

In todays society , the cult of young, anyone over the age of thirty (life over 30?) starts looking at ways to remain young as long as possible. Its not surprising that cosmetic surgery has flourished, moving from the exotic to the mainstream in a short few years. And its not only women who are [...]

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Tooth Regeneration

Research into dental regeneration rather than drilling and filling is progressing, however it may be some years to come before you’ll be able to sit in the dentist’s chair without the fear that the dreaded drill will be used.
Even though my dentist numbs my mouth before reaching for the instruments of oral torture, the noise [...]

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Ex-Mental Patient writes Hit Novel

Clare Allan spent 10-years in the UK mental health system, was diagnosed with virtually every mental illness and spent years taking a cocktail of pills everyday, now, having left this old life behind, she used it as the inspiration for the novel Poppy Shakespeare: a patients notes, which takes a humourous satirical view of life [...]

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Lasers a Bright New Future

Invented more than 50 years ago, where initially, they were a solution looking for an application, lasers are now used extensively in scientific, medical and engineering fields, and their rate of use has increased enormously in the last few years as the technology has developed. High intensity, finely focused, pulsed lasers are [...]

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X Prize in Genomics

The Archon X Prize in Human Genomics is a $10 million prize to drive rapid human genome sequencing and achieve the goal of 100 Human Genomes in 10 days.
View the video and check out the genomics x prize site for more information.

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Smoking in the Developing World

In most nations in the developed world smoking is in decline, however its quite the opposite in developing world countries. Only 5% of the worlds population is covered by anti-smoking legislation. The World Health Organization is calling for anti-smoking education, taxation and regulation in the developing world nations. Read the full article in Business Week

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French Euthanasia Case

Chantal Sébire was horribly deformed and in constant pain from rare malignant
growth inside her nasa passage. She petitioned the French government to allow
her doctors assist her death but this was rejected. She was found dead two days
ago and the cause is still to be fully determined. But the French debate on
euthanasia rages on. Read the [...]

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