Baby Lynlee 'born twice' after life-saving tumour surgery
Image copyright Paul V. Kuntz/Texas Children's Hospital Image caption Baby Lynlee Boemer was pulled from her mother's womb for life-saving surgery... before being born by Caesarean three months later A baby girl from Lewisville, Texas, has been "born" twice after she was taken out of her mother's womb for 20 minutes for life-saving surgery.At 16 weeks pregnant, Margaret Hawkins Boemer discovered her daughter, Lynlee Hope, had a tumour on her spine. Th..>> view originalTo avoid SIDS, infants and parents should share a room, report says
The academy recommends children sleep on separate surfaces within the same room, such as a crib, but never on a soft surface, armchair or couch. Optimally, infants should sleep in the same room as parents up to age 1, the organization said.The aim is to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome, known as SIDS, and other forms of infant death that can occur when a baby is sleeping, such as suffocation. These types of death among infants are collectively known as sleep-related infant deaths,..>> view originalMan dies 4 days after flesh-eating bacteria infection
In what his family is equating to a horror movie, an Arizona man fell ill and, four days later, died from a flesh-eating bacteria infection. On Sept. 11, Michael Funk had just returned to his Ocean City, Maryland condominium when he began to feel ill after cleaning crab pots, DelmarvaNow reported. Funk was taken to the hospital, where a surgeon removed infected skin from his leg. He was then flown to a shock trauma hospital in Baltimore, where his leg was amputated. "It was very fast moving," h..>> view originalSouthern Discomfort: Top for Smoking-Related Cancer Deaths
Despite a drop of more than 50% in the prevalence of cigarette smoking in the last five decades, 40 million Americans are still lighting up — but more so in the South, where over 95% of US tobacco is grown, than elsewhere across the nation. A previous study has shown that at least 28.6% of all cancer deaths in adults older than 35 years in the United States were attributable to cigarette smoking, with 62% occurring in men and 38% occurring in women. Now, a unique state-by-state analysis show..>> view originalJohn Oliver blasts pharmaceutical industry for opioid epidemic
With election coverage dominating the news, John Oliver took some time to take on one of the biggest crises dominating the country: the opioid epidemic. “America is now in the midst of a new drug crisis,” Oliver said on “Last Week Tonight.” “And it ...>> view originalMother of twins conjoined at head holds son for first time
The mother of conjoined twins separated about a week ago at a New York hospital was able to hold one of her sons for the first time after doctors removed his breathing tube. CNN reported that Nicole McDonald described the milestone with son Jadon as “one of the most profound moments of my life.” Surgeons at Montefiore Medical Center carried out the separation surgery on 13-month-old Jadon and his twin brother, Anias, who were born conjoined at their heads. McDonald recently shared on Facebook t..>> view originalHired experts support claims St. Jude heart devices can be hacked
Short-selling firm Muddy Waters said in a legal brief filed on Monday that outside cyber security experts it hired have validated its claim that St. Jude Medical Inc cardiac implants are vulnerable to potentially life-threatening cyber attacks. Boutique cyber security firm Bishop Fox disclosed its findings in a 53-page report that was attached to a legal brief filed on Monday in U.S. district court in Minnesota on behalf of the short-sellers, who hired the firm to perform the work as they defe..>> view originalWith first Shingrix application, GSK advances toward $1B market duel with Merck
Planning to challenge an entrenched product from Merck, GlaxoSmithKline on Monday filed the first licensing application for its shingles vaccine, Shingrix. The British pharma submitted a Biologics License Application with the FDA for a vaccine that analysts have said could reel in more than $1 billion by 2021, according to a Thomson Reuters consensus. Last year, Merck’s shingles vaccine Zostavax pulled in $749 million in sales. Zostavax first won FDA approval in 2006. In its app, GSK cited data ..>> view originalFootball hurts the brains of kids as young as 8 — even if they've never had concussion symptoms
A pop warner Packers player before a preseason NFL football game Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010, in Green Bay, Wis. AP Photo/Mike Roemer A promising athlete, 13-year-old Zackery Lystadt’s head hit the ground as he rolled through a routine tackle in 2006. He didn't lose consciousness. But he did lie on the ground for a moment after the play, clutching the sides of his helmet. His coach took him out for two plays. Then Lystadt played the rest of the game. At the closing whistle ..>> view original
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