Category: Community
Thai toddler the youngest person to be cryogenically frozen
Matheryn Noavaratpong died in January 2015 after her family made the painful decision to take her off life support. She suffered from ependymoblastoma, a rare form of brain cancer that occurs in very young children. In an e-mail interview with […]
Five quintuplets born in United States
A Houston woman gave birth to five girls in four minutes by cesarean section last week and all are doing well, a Texas hospital said. The five girls were born on April 8 at 28 weeks and two days. All […]
Georgia approves medical marijuana
People with seizure disorders, multiple sclerosis and other illnesses can now use medical marijuana to treat their ailments. But patients still may find it difficult to obtain the cannabis oil for their treatment, advocates said. Under the law, which takes […]
Liberia’s success story in dealing with Ebola
Liberia which is one of the hardest hit countries in Ebola infection has succeeded in minimising the outbreak. The succes, according to experts at WHO, is due to good organisation and empowered local teams. Essentially the government decided to decentralize […]
Refuse to vaccinate your kids? Australian government will not give you welfare cash
If you’re an Australian parent, you might want to think twice in not vaccinating your child. The “no jab, no pay” policy may cost you more than A$11,000 a year per child in lost benefit payments. Families with children not […]
A woman who donated her liver for free inspired others to do the same
For the first time in Italy, a patient received a kidney “for generosity” from a stranger, which created a domino effect leading to a total of six transplants, local authorities said Friday. The donor, a woman from the Italian northern […]
Natural childbirth activist Sheila Kitzinger dies
Prolific author and anthropologist Sheila Kitzinger – who wrote more than 25 books on childbirth – has died at her Oxfordshire home at the age of 86. In the 1960s and 70s she developed the concept of a “birth plan”, […]
65-year-old woman pregnant with quadruplets
4 is the lucky number for one woman from Berlin. The 65-year-old ishas 13 children and is pregnant again t- this time with quadruplets . The Russian and English teacher’s pregnancy follows several attempts abroad at artificial insemination over the […]
No to genital removal surgery for transgenders: experts
Experts in Norwayare speaking out against genital removal surgery and sterilization – mandatory practices for transgenders. In a report to the Norwegian government, an expert committee appointed by the health ministry proposed new gender recognition legislation based on self determination […]
Risk of Ebola spreading to other countries have lowered
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that the risk of Ebola spreading to other countries have lowered. The U.N. agency declared in August 2014 that the world’s worst Ebola outbreak, which began in December 2013, represented a “public […]
