Doctors remove giant malignant tumour weighing 22 kg

LONDON – Surgeons have removed a giant tumour weighing 22 kg from a woman, which had been growing inside her body for 18 months.

The huge growth was taken out of the 54-year-old’s womb during a four-hour operation at a hospital near Buenos Aires in Argentina.
Surgeons believe the malignant tumour is one of the biggest …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Doctors remove giant malignant tumour weighing 22 kg.

Patients could grow own liver from skin slivers

LONDON – Transplant patients who are very ill may be able to grow their own livers in the near future. In a novel attempt, Cambridge University researchers turned slivers of skin from patients’ arms into liver cells.

The technique could potentially generate full-sized livers, each a perfect match to the patient, reports the Daily Mail. … Read : Patients could grow own liver from skin slivers.

300 kg Thai woman takes crane to hospital

BANGKOK – Bangkok city officials Thursday deployed a heavy-lift crane to move a woman weighing 300 kg down from her apartment, two storeys up, to get to hospital.

Amnuayporn Thongprapai, 40, agreed to the dramatic departure in order to receive treatment for sores that covered her legs, believed to be a symptom of diabetes, Thai television … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : 300 kg Thai woman takes crane to hospital.

Skin cancer pill shrinks tumour in 80 percent cases

LONDON – A pill that retards the spread of advanced skin cancer is showing “remarkable” results in early trials.

The experimental drug helped shrink tumours in 80 percent of the people treated with it.
The drug PLX4032 inhibits a ‘faulty’ gene that activates a protein which drives cell division and hence tumour growth, reports …. Source article  : Skin cancer pill shrinks tumour in 80 percent cases.

Argentina docs remove world’s largest tumour from patient’s womb

MELBOURNE – Doctors in Argentina have successfully removed what they believe is the world’s largest malignant tumour from the body of a woman.

Weighing a shocking 23kg, the tumour had been growing inside the 54-year-old woman’s womb for a year-and-a-half and took four hours to remove, The Daily Mail reported.

“I’ve never seen anything like it … Read more : Argentina docs remove world’s largest tumour from patient’s womb.

Former Jet Washington soaring for Seahawks 10 months after compound leg fracture

Leon Washington is back, thanks to Uncle George

RENTON, Wash. – Leon Washington is back.
He’s no longer a Jet. Yet the former All-Pro is soaring again, 10 months after a grotesque compound fracture in his leg.
He thanks uncle George Mangrum back in Jacksonville, Fla., for that.
“He taught me a lot, mostly about hard work and appreciation,” … Original article on : Former Jet Washington soaring for Seahawks 10 months after compound leg fracture.

Mexico’s crackdown on pharmacies selling antibiotics without prescriptions begins Wednesday

Mexico beginning crackdown on antibiotic sales
MEXICO CITY – Mexican authorities have begun enforcing tougher rules designed to ensure that people have a doctor’s prescription to buy antibiotics.
It has long been common practice in Mexico for pharmacies to supply antibiotics to anyone who asks for them even though the law requires a prescription.
Officials announced … Read more >>>.

Burn victim has 2 new hands after 18-hour surgery at Ky. hospital; 3rd double transplant in US

Burn victim gets 2 new hands in 18-hour surgery

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Doctors performed a rare double hand transplant on a burn victim who is recovering Wednesday after the nearly 18-hour surgery.
The transplant at a Louisville hospital was only the third in the nation. Jewish Hospital also performed the world’s first successful single hand transplant in … Original source on Gaea Times at : Burn victim has 2 new hands after 18-hour surgery at Ky. hospital; 3rd double transplant in US.

Chief doctor of Armstrong’s US Postal Service team dismisses Landis’ blood-doping claims

Doc for Armstrong’s USPS team denies doping claims

MADRID – The chief doctor for Lance Armstrong’s U.S. Postal Service-backed cycling team when the rider won five of his seven Tour de France victories is dismissing Floyd Landis’ doping allegations.
Luis Garcia del Moral oversaw the team’s medical staff from 1999 to 2003. He said Wednesday he never … Read more : Chief doctor of Armstrong’s US Postal Service team dismisses Landis’ blood-doping claims.

Ky. surgeons perform unusual double hand transplant; surgery updates posted on Twitter

Ky. surgeons perform rare double hand transplant

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Kentucky doctors say they have successfully completed a rare double hand transplant at Jewish Hospital Hand Care Center in Louisville.
The doctors, from Kleinert Kutz and Associates and the University of Louisville, started the operation at 7 p.m. Tuesday and finished Wednesday afternoon. They used Twitter to … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Ky. surgeons perform unusual double hand transplant; surgery updates posted on Twitter.