Great News For The Lungs

Lungs have been successfully “reconditioned” to make them suitable for transplanting, a team of Canadian doctors has claimed.
Up to 80% of donated lungs have sustained damage during death or intensive care treatments.
The team from Toronto General Hospital was able to keep lungs stable outside the body long enough to repair them.
“This has allowed us to [...]

New Use For Cell Phones?

A NEW USE FOR CELL PHONES?
A new 007-esque cellphone hack could bring cheap, on-the-spot disease detection to even the most remote villages on earth.
Using only an LED, plastic light filter and some wires, scientists at UCLA scientists have modified a simple cellphone into a portable blood tester capable of detecting HIV, malaria and other illnesses!
As [...]

Man of the Year and the Investigation ..

Okay … was it any mystery that Time Magazine bestowed its prestigious Man Of The Year award (and front cover) on President-elect Barack Obama?
Yes, he does deserve it — and for three very good reasons:

Sen. Obama has accomplished something that no other Presidential hopeful has done: He broke the racial barrier separating African-Americans from 1600 [...]

Battlefield Acupuncture

Quite a number of readers have loved ones serving with the Armed Forces in Iraq/Afghanistan at this hour. Of course — and despite what we think of the war itself — we support the troops 100% and wish their safe return to us.
Unfortunately, there’ve been many wounded, and, beyond the operations, x-rays, medications and [...]