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Here's a story that really tests the limits of the five-second rule. A heart was being transported to a hospital in Mexico City to be transplanted into a patient there. After it was unloaded from the helicopter outside the hospital, the lid of the cooler it was in came loose, and the heart feel out onto the street. Yikes! Unfazed, they picked the heart up, and the doctors proceeded to stick it in the patient. Of course, the heart was wrapped in plastic, so it's not totally insane—not to mention hearts are such precious commodities that even if it'd landed in a pile of dog shit, they probably would have been totally justified in picking it up, washing the hell out of it, and then transplanting it. More »
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A British doctor was jailed for six years for trying to induce a miscarriage in a woman without her consent. Now he'll lose his medical license too. More »
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Ana Renteria saw a billboard advertising 1-800-Get-Thin. Ten days after her operation, she died. The saddest part? A little digging reveals lots of shady details about the place where Renteria had her surgery. More »
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Six women's cancer doctors formed a band last spring to play at a conference of the Society of Gynecological Oncology and are now recording an album with the Gynecological Cancer Awareness Movement. The band, called N.E.D. or "no evidence of disease" is made up of doctors and researchers from around the U.S; their new record, which will be released next year, deals with patients and doctors' problems working with cancer. [NY Daily News] More »
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Pregnant man Thomas Beatie gave birth to baby girl today via Cesarean natural birth! Congrats! • Two prominent female activists from the group Women and Men of Zimbabwe Arise have been detained for 6 weeks for peacefully protesting Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. • A Canadian doctor and Holocaust survivor who fought to legalize abortion in Canada will receive the country's highest civilian honor despite condemnation from anti-choice advocates. • A new art exhibit aims to break Western depictions of Muslim and Arab women by highlighting female artists (Muslim and non-Muslim) from the Islamic world. More »
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