At least seven people have been charged with participating in an international organ-trafficking network based in Kosovo that sold kidneys and other organs from impoverished victims for up to $200,000 to patients from as far away as Israel and Canada, police and senior European Union officials said Monday — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Victoria’s paramedics will begin a world-first study into reducing the number disabilities caused by brain trauma — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Chinese doctors saved a girl’s hand by sewing it to her leg.
Ming Li’s left hand was severed from her wrist when she was run over by a tractor in July and was too badly damaged to reattach immediately after it.
Medics decided to temporarily attach the hand to her right calf so it could heal.
Surgeons have now successfully transplanted the nine-year-old girl’s hand back on to her arm and are confident she will be able to use it normally with no long-term side-effects — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Two little boys will have their testes removed after a court allowed their parents to authorise the procedure to prevent them developing potentially fatal cancers.
The boys, aged 18 months and three years, have been diagnosed with Denys-Drash syndrome, which is so rare they are thought to be the only two people in Australia who have it — via redwolf.newsvine.com
People being treated for severe acne should have their mental health closely monitored, a study reports — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Researchers have shown a class of drugs used to treat heart problems and hypertension also reduces the risk of an osteoporosis fracture by about half — via redwolf.newsvine.com
South Africa’s largest hospital group has admitted it received millions of dollars for illegal kidney transplant operations performed at one of its facilities — via redwolf.newsvine.com
People who suspect they have been infected will be able to put urine or saliva on to a computer chip about the size of a USB chip, plug it into their phone or computer and receive a diagnosis within minutes, telling them which, if any, sexually transmitted infection (STI) they have. Seven funders, including the Medical Research Council, have put £4m into developing the technology via a forum called the UK Clinical Research Collaboration — via michaelsautter.newsvine.com
A group of Australian researchers say they have unlocked the secret of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP), a condition that kills about 150 Australians a year — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Most of the robotic arms now in use by some amputees are of limited practicality; they have only two to three degrees of freedom, allowing the user to make a single movement at a time. And they are controlled with conscious effort, meaning the user can do little else while moving the limb.
A new generation of much more sophisticated and lifelike prosthetic arms, sponsored by the Department of Defense’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), may be available within the next five to 10 years. Two different prototypes that move with the dexterity of a natural limb and can theoretically be controlled just as intuitively — with electrical signals recorded directly from the brain — are now beginning human tests — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Today, on World Contraception Day, the Surya clinic in Patna city in the Indian state of Bihar will, as always, be full of women, their children and their travel companions, waiting to see the doctors for family planning services. The female doctors are young, many recent graduates of the medical colleges, and sometimes pairing up to counsel clients on contraceptive methods. The government of India has accredited this private clinic run by the Janani network so that women opting for birth control pills, a 10-year IUD, or a three-month injectable contraceptive pay nothing. The government reimburses private clinics offering these services — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Tiny changes to an alarm
protein which responds to infections may explain why some with HIV can control their condition without drugs — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A 12-year-old boy from Bristol has escaped with minor injuries after he swallowed a pair of scissors — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Differences in the brain structure of people carrying an autism gene
may offer clues to how the condition develops, say US scientists — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A record 3,706 organ transplants took place in the UK last year, an increase of 5% on the previous 12 months.
But NHS Blood and Transplant said there was still a long waiting list, with three people a day dying because of a lack of a suitable organ.
The refusal of relatives to allow donation often remains a key obstacle — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Wounding yourself can be bad enough, but having to regularly remove the dressing to check for infection can be painful and can also compound things by exposing the wound and giving germs the chance to enter. Now researchers have developed a new material for dressings and plaster that changes color if an infection arises, making it possible to check wounds without changing the dressing — via redwolf.newsvine.com
New wonder drugs to treat deadly skin cancers are a breakthrough that could benefit up to 10,000 Australians a year, a top specialist says.
While they are not yet a cure, clinical trials reportedly found that at least two new drugs from the US could significantly prolong the lives of skin cancer sufferers — via The Sydney Morning Herald
German scientists have invented an implant that has allowed blind people to see within days of it being inserted — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Surgeons in Shanghai have operated on a 50-year-old Chinese man to remove a chopstick that he swallowed 28 years ago, state media reported — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Luminous cells from jellyfish can be used to diagnose cancers deep inside the body, scientists have said — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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