Baby born with a ‘Batman’ birthmark covering her face that prompted trolls to call her a ‘monster’ is heading to Russia for pioneering treatment to remove the blemish Luna Fenner was born with the skin condition congenital melanocytic nevus Russian surgeon got in touch offering a treatment not available in the US Luna is set […]
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This Ebola drug is heading to the Congo. Can it be tested during civil war?
As the fast-moving Ebola virus sweeps through eastern Congo, scientists are braving war zones hoping to test new medicines on sick patients there. Despite civil unrest in the region, Doctors Without Borders has set up testing sites in the cities of Butembo and Beni, the latest hot spots of the current Ebola outbreak in the […]
Heading a soccer ball found to be riskier for female players
(HealthDay)—Female soccer players exhibit more widespread evidence of microstructural white matter alteration than males, despite having similar exposure to heading, according to a study recently published in Radiology. Todd G. Rubin, from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, N.Y., and colleagues conducted a cross-sectional study involving 98 individuals enrolled in a larger prospective […]