Early Arthritis Test Could Reduce The Need For Surgery Later In Life
29 Aug
Posted by Inna Korshunova as Amusing news, Health
A new way of scanning joints which may reveal early warning signs of arthritis is being developed by US researchers.
The MRI scan looks for low levels of the chemical glycosaminogycan, which helps cartilage in joints hold the water that makes it tough and elastic.
New York University researchers told the American Chemical Society conference early diagnosis could reduce the need for surgery later in life.
Hollywood star Christina Applegate says she is free of cancer after having both breasts removed to combat the disease.
Ms Applegate, 36, who revealed publicly just weeks ago that she had breast cancer, said the double mastectomy had been performed a month after her diagnosis.
She told Good Morning America: “I didn’t want to go back to the doctors every four months for testing and squishing and everything.
“I just wanted to kind of get rid of this whole thing for me. This was the choice that I made and it was a tough one.”
Yvonne Allen, 28, of Halewood, Liverpool, was sentenced to six months in prison, thanks to evidence captured on a camera placed in the eye socket of the cuddly toy.
Emma Sampson and her father Robert put the plan into action after his mother Thelma noticed £40 had gone missing from her purse.
The family devised a scheme to try and discover who was stealing from the 75-year-old, who has end stage leukaemia.
A bride and groom are celebrating their special day – without the worry of being thousands of pounds in debt.
Odette Fenwick, 19, and 21-year-old Chris May spent a grand total of £480 on their wedding day in north Devon.
Wearing a £52 dress bought on eBay, the radiant bride looked a million dollars and said she felt “like a princess”. The groom hired a suit for £90.
Tickets Please! – Cat Tama Works Nine To Five At Japan Rail Firm
21 Aug
Posted by Inna Korshunova as Amusing news, Pet's Life
A loss-making Japanese railway company is back on track thanks to the popularity of a stray cat.
Wearing a black cap and posing for photos with passengers, Tama is credited with boosting Wakayama Electric Railway’s revenue by 10%.
The firm had to axe all staff at Kishi station in western Japan two years ago.
Doctors who were about to do a post-mortem on a man they thought had died in a stampede that killed 150 people were astonished when he woke up and started talking.
Mange Ram lost consciousness in the stampede triggered by rumours of a landslide that caused panic among thousands of pilgrims climbing a steep mountain path.
The 19-year-old told the Times of India newspaper he awoke in a hospital morgue after Sunday’s tragedy at the Naina Devi shrine in the northern state of Himachal Pradesh.
New Bullet-Proof Bra Could Help Protect Thousands Of Women Police Officers
19 Aug
Posted by Inna Korshunova as Amusing news
It is being dubbed the new “bullet-proof bra”, a new kind of Wonderbra which could help protect thousands of women police officers here in Germany.
It may sound like a joke, but this is a serious matter – the policewoman who came up with the idea said normal bras can be dangerous when worn in combination with a bullet-proof vest.
A combination of two inexpensive existing drugs may offer a new way to treat breast cancer, according to UK and Finnish researchers.
The common chemotherapy drug and a brittle bone medicine almost completely stopped the growth of tumours in mice.
DNA Tests Can Help To Identify The Family Of King Tut
15 Aug
Posted by Inna Korshunova as Amusing news
DNA tests are to be conducted on the mummified remains of two stillborn children found in the tomb of Tutankhamun, Egyptian officials say.
Egypt’s chief archaeologist hopes the tests will confirm whether they were the offspring of the boy pharaoh.
It is also hoped the tests will clarify whether the children’s grandmother was the famously-beautiful queen Nefertiti.
They were found in the Luxor tomb of the boy king, who died over 3,000 years ago, by explorer Howard Carter in 1922.
Munich: The World’s First Double Arm Transplant
13 Aug
Posted by Inna Korshunova as Amusing news, Health
A middle-aged German man has had the world’s first double arm transplant.
And he has been given the arms of a teenage boy who is believed to have died in a car crash.
The 54-year-old unnamed patient lost both of his arms in a farming accident six years ago.
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