Surgeons remove ‘the largest ever KIDNEY’ weighing 16lbs from a 56-year-old man in India after they found it swollen and covered with cysts Medics at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi spent two hours removing organ A healthy kidney weighs between 125g to 170g in men – less than half a pound Patient suffering […]
This Girl Was Banned from School Pictures Because of Her Hair
Some mornings, the news is so depressing, we can’t believe what we’re reading. When we heard that a third-grade girl named Marian Scott was barred from having her school photo taken because she had red hair extensions, it was one of those SMH moments. It may be 2019, but girls are still shamed at school […]
Indian farmer, 70, has THREE-INCH long parasitic worm removed from eye
Indian farmer, 70, has a THREE-INCH long parasitic worm removed from his eye ‘after it entered his blood through a dog bite 12 years ago’ WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Jashu Patel suffered pain in eye for two months Eye specialists amazed to find parasitic creature wriggling around in his eyeball The medics believe worm may have […]
Team plucks needle from genomic haystack, finding essential transcription factor binding sites
Using CRISPR/Cas9 knockout screens a multi-institutional research team systematically interrogated the essentiality of more than 10,000 forkhead box protein A1 (FOXA1) and CTCF binding sites in breast and prostate cancer cells, plucking useful needles from a massive genomic haystack that contains millions of transcription factor binding sites. They found that essential FOXA1 binding sites act […]
Prisoner has cannabis removed from nose 18 YEARS after he put it there
Ex-prisoner has a rubber balloon full of cannabis removed from his nose 18 YEARS after he put it there to smuggle it past guards The 48-year-old assumed that he had accidentally swallowed the package The rubber capsule was given to him by his girlfriend during a prison visit He said he had no idea it […]
Restrictive housing is associated with increased risk of death after release from prison
A new study led by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has found that being held in restrictive housing (i.e., solitary confinement) is associated with an increased risk of death after a person is released from prison. Incarcerated individuals who were placed in restrictive housing in North Carolina from 2000 to […]
We should all take vitamin D supplements from October. Here’s why
According to the NHS, we should all take vitamin D supplements from October. Here’s why Ad Feature by FutureYou There can be little doubt in anyone’s mind that winter is well and truly on its way. And those of us who live in the UK could be more susceptible to vitamin deficiencies than those living […]
Stormi Blows a Kiss at Mom Kylie Jenner As She Recovers From Illness
On the mend. Kylie Jenner posted a sweet video on Saturday, September 28, of her daughter, Stormi Webster, blowing her a kiss while she recovers from an unspecified illness. The Kylie Cosmetics founder, 22, appears to be in bed with her 19-month-old, who she shares with boyfriend Travis Scott. Stormi blows her mom a kiss, […]
From Rescued to Regal: Our Top 10 Shelter Dog Transformations
Every 10 seconds of every day, a homeless dog will enter a shelter. That’s millions of loving dogs, every year waiting to be seen as the loving pets they are meant to be. October marks Adopt a Shelter Dog Month, when we encourage everyone to get involved and make a difference in a shelter dog’s […]
Connecticut sees first death this year from mosquito-borne EEE
A Connecticut resident has died from eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), the first such death in the state since 2013, health officials report. In addition, another person in the state has contracted the infection, as an outbreak grows. It has been an unusually active year for EEE, with cases reported in several northeast states. In Massachusetts, […]