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Brenda Charett Jensen, 52, the second-ever recipient of a voice-box transplant, uttered her first words two weeks after surgery — and 11 years after losing her voice when a breathing tube damaged her airway during surgery. They were “Good morning” and “I want to go home.” Her daughter wept. This week, Jensen’s doctors at the [...]
It isn’t just dog trainers and the occasional finicky spouse who want you to keep your pets off the bed. A new report in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases found that of the 250 known zoonotic diseases, which are transmitted between humans and animals, more than 100 are derived from domestic pets — yes, even [...]
Percentage of fans, who agreed to be tested after attending pro football and baseball games, who had booze in their bodies; 8% were too drunk to legally drive, according to a recent study [via HBNS]
The results of a promising recent clinical trial showed that an experimental drug prolonged life in patients with melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. The drug, manufactured by Swiss drug giant Roche, targets a specific genetic mutation in some melanoma cells.
—DR. REGINA BENJAMIN, U.S. surgeon general, in an interview discussing her first national “Call to Action” to support breast-feeding mothers. The report shifts responsibility to family, friends, employers and community members to help new mothers breast-feed for the first six months. [via CNN]
With all the fuss over the harshness of Amy Chua’s unrelenting “tiger mother” parenting style — the discussion, which was sparked by a Wall Street Journal excerpt of Chua’s new memoir about motherhood, made its way onto the cover of TIME this week — few have commented on one simple fact. This tiger mother had [...]
Warren Hern, likely the last U.S. doctor to openly specialize in abortions performed late in pregnancy, authored a textbook on how to properly do abortions. In it, he quotes a colleague, Robert Crist, who had experience with abortions late in pregnancy: “Abortion is a simple procedure except for the uterus’ complete intolerance for bad technique.”
Here’s a real head-scratcher: would you eat someone else’s feces to treat your own diarrhea?
When it comes to health and safety, Americans tend not to take the best precautions: we text behind the wheel, overeat, exercise too little and smoke and drink too much. Add to that the fact that we also tend to be unable to assess true risks to our safety in a rational way.
Dr. Charles Limb has spent more than 10 years studying the brain activity of musicians as they improvise.
