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A 54-year old German farmer received the
world’s first complete double arm transplant at the Munich University Clinic on
July 25 to 26. A team of 40 surgeons, anesthesiologists, nurses and other
surgery supporting staff spent 15 hours grafting the donor arms on to the body
of Karl Merk. The arms came from a teenager, who had died in a car accident
only hours before the surgery.
Both the donor’s arms were removed exactly
at the point matching the patient’s stumps. First the bones were jointed, then
arteries and veins to ensure blood circulation as quickly as possible. The...
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The medical world is making astonishing progress in its mission to cure and heal the ill. One of the fields in which quick progress has been made is that of transplants, but alto the field of prosthetics. Gone are the days when an amputated leg could prevent you from running the marathon and an amputated arm – from cooking bouillabaisse. Karl Merk, a German farmer, is a man with quite a story. Six years ago, he lost his arms in a farming accident. He was chosen for a clinical trial which involved a complete, double-arm transplant. Much to Karl’s and the doctors’ shock and (then) delight, the...
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Democrat Barack Obama’s plan would cover 34
million of the nation’s projected 67 million uninsured people in 10 years,
compared with just 2 million covered under Republican John McCain’s plan,
according to a report released by the Commonwealth Fund. A recent analysis
published in the journal Health Affairs suggests that the McCain’s plan will
lead employers to drop coverage for over 20 million Americans, while 21 million
people would gain coverage through the individual market.
McCain’s plan would eliminate tax breaks on
employer-sponsored health care benefits and instead give...
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Laboratory Corporation of America, also known as LabCorp, was
sent a warning letter in which federal officials accuse the company of
illegally marketing a drug test to detect ovarian cancer.
The warning letter, dated Sept. 29, clearly states that
marketing OvaSure “is in violation of the law,” as the company “does not have
marketing clearance or approval from the FDA,” Steven I. Gutman, director in
the office of In Vitro Diagnostic Device Evaluation and Safety with the FDA
wrote.
The test, developed by researchers at Yale School of
Medicine, was first introduced in June,...
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More effort is needed to prevent new cases
of HIV infection and AIDS prevention techniques such as condoms, circumcision
and new drugs are improving. But a US study found that circumcision offers
little HIV protection to gay/bisexual men.
Previous studies found that circumcision
may reduce a man’s risk of infection with the AIDS virus by up to 60 percent if
he is an African. Things are different with American men of colour, as the
surgery does not appear to protect them. A new US analysis of data on 53,567 men
who have sex with men found HIV rates were not significantly lower among...
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West Nile virus began to become more than a problem for the U.S.
states. Just days ago, Illinois...
New research on blood donation revealed that 16- and 17-year
old donors are more predisposed to...
A new study concluded that certain forms of carbon nanotubes
could be as harmful as asbestos if...
Just days after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention recommended that people aged...
People suffering from obstructive sleep apnea are more
likely to experience higher psychological...
The internet search giant Google Inc. has finally launched
its long-awaited Google Health...
Not only that erectile dysfunction is something often met in
men with type 2 diabetes, but also...
Women should avoid being stressed during pregnancy, as
recent research warns that stress may raise...
Minnesota
health officials announced that bites from blacklegged ticks (also called deer
ticks)...
GlaxoSmithKline Plc. has received the European Union
approval for the world’s first wide-spectrum...
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