In a shocking turn of events, New Zealand authorities are attempting to remove a critically ill, 4-month-old baby from his family after the parents requested “pure blood” be used during vital heart surgery. The 4-month-old baby needs surgery for pulmonary valve stenosis, a heart valve disorder. The boy’s mother says she wants “pure blood” to be used, arguing that it is “safe” for her... 

Elon Musk has announced a milestone for his biotech company Neuralink, revealing the successful implantation of one of its brain chips in a human for the first time. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO shared the news on his social media platform, X (formerly Twitter), stating that the recipient is recovering well after the surgery. While Musk provided limited details, he mentioned that the initial results showed... 

Disturbing security footage shows the moment a Las Vegas daycare worker breaks the leg of a two-year-old boy, manhandling the child as other horrified toddlers watch. Elicia Miller, 32, was charged with child abuse for the May 2021 altercation at Creme de la Creme daycare, which saw her pick up the unidentified child and slam him to the ground, grappling with him until his leg snaps. The video was... 

UK Minister for Care and Mental Health Gillian Keegan has confirmed the government will ban the “indefensible” cosmetic surgeries that are linked to conservative cultures. Hymen repair surgery, known as hymenoplasty, is currently available in UK clinics for up to £3,000 ($4,055.79) and is catering to groups that value virginity before marriage. The procedure is closely linked with virginity testing.... 

A 20-year-old community college student in Thailand experienced blood clots, had her leg amputated, then suffered a stroke shortly before dying after she received her second Covid-19 vaccine. The young woman, 20-year-old Ketsiree Kongkaew who attended Phangnga Community College, reportedly died from a haemorrhagic stroke Tuesday as doctors attempted to perform brain surgery, according to the Bangkok... 

Pope Francis has claimed that conservative critics of his views on issues such as mass migration and climate change are performing the “work of the devil.” Many would argue to opposite to be the case. In an interview with Jesuit magazine La Civilta Cattolica, the Pope said that after his recent surgery he is “still alive, although some people wanted me dead.” Speculation amongst prelates was... 

Luis Badilla, editor of the semi-official Vatican news aggregator Il Sismografo, said Wednesday that Pope Francis’ health situation is “severe” and when he returns from hospital he “will never be the same again.” In his sobering blog post, Badilla declares that journalists and commentators are not doing the pope any favors when they downplay the seriousness of his illness. There is a very... 

An EMT in Israel apparently donated his bone marrow to an Arab boy in the U.S. with a rare immune disorder, which saved the boy’s life and also proved that Jews must be very genetically closely related to Arabs, which completely contradicts the claim that today’s Jews are true Israelites and therefore “God’s chosen people”: My name is Yisrael Otmazgin. I am a Jewish Israeli, and this is... 

Data from crowdfunding site GoFundMe reveals more than 26,000 biological females are seeking financial assistance to have “top surgery” — or an elective double mastectomy — in order to appear more masculine. A read through some of the statements by females asking for funds elicits some similarities, especially sadness. “August” of Chicago wrote: This is a surgery I have been dreaming of... 

Coffee giant Starbucks has announced they will fully fund an employees’ gender transitions, from reassignment surgery to hair transplants and other cosmetic procedures. On Monday, the company announced a change to its health benefits package which will now cover cosmetic surgeries for transgenders – that is men who feel like becoming women and vice versa. “Starbucks health insurance plans include... 

The skeleton of a fetus left inside mother for 36 years. Doctors have removed the skeleton of a 36-year-old fetus that had been inside an Indian woman. The skeleton was found inside a 60-year-old woman in Maharashtra after she came to a medical center complaining of pain in the abdomen. “The woman suffered a miscarriage because the fetus had been growing outside of her uterus. She became pregnant... 

​An Alabama man says doctors mistakenly removed his penis during what was supposed to be a routine circumcision procedure, and now he has filed suit against the physicians and hospitals involved. According to the lawsuit filed on Tuesday this week in state court, Johnny Lee Banks Jr. emerged from what should have been a standard circumcision surgery at Princeton Baptist Medical Center last month... 

For what appears to be the first time in history doctors were able to use 3D printing technology during a facial reconstruction surgery to help a British man who survived a motorcycle accident but walked away traumatized and disfigured. Stephen Power of Cardiff, Wales was hospitalized for four months after he endured multiple injuries in a 2012 accident. He was wearing a helmet at the time of the... 

After seven months of treatment in a special rehabilitation center in Boston, the 16-year old Myrto Papadomichelaki returned yesterday to continue her fight in a special rehabilitation center in the city of Larissa . Myrto on December 10th had undergone a special surgery to drain a powerful muscle relaxant, the surgery was successful, resulting in the girl being discharged and able to return home... 

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez waves during the proclamation act in Caracas, October 10, 2012. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s medical team in Cuba has successfully completed an operation that targeted an aggressive cancer. On Tuesday, Vice President Nicolas Maduro said that the “complex operation” which lasted almost six hours and was “correctly and successfully” completed. Chavez...