Big Thighs Can Now Be Turned Into Big Breasts

Unwanted fat on thighs and stomach can now be re-distributed and used as breast implants. This new operation has so far been tested in Britain and the United States, and is expected to be available to the public...

LIC subway rape victim files suit against MTA

A Queens judge has thrown out a suit against the MTA and two of its employees filed by a woman who was raped on the platform of the G train's 21st Street stop and accused onlooking transit workers of not doing...

Bikini wax ban overturned in New Jersey

New Jersey wanted to ban bikini waxes, but today that decision has been overturned due to beauty salon owners insisting the procedure is safe. The ban was considered when two women had to be admitted to hospital with...

Israeli world first: Surgeons weld wounds shut with surgical laser

This is a first in the world. An opportunity to seal incisions using a new method that discourages infection by its application and procedure."Surgeons of the future may have to learn welding rather than sewing,...

Cheney To Hospital Today Due To Irregular Heart Rhythm

"WASHINGTON — Vice President Dick Cheney experienced an abnormal heartbeat Wednesday morning, went to the White House physician and scheduled a hospital visit to "restore his normal rhythm." For the 67-year-old Cheney, who canceled a campaign event he was to attend later...

Man Sues over Penis Amputation

Doctor John Patterson of Kentucky is being sued after amputating a cancer patient's penis, and is defending his action by saying it was medically necessary to perform the surgery."In a written statement in answer...

Surgeons prepare for world’s first full-face transplant

"Three years after the world’s first partial face transplant, significant progress has been made with two further successful operations. A 30-year-old man who had part of his face torn off by a bear and another with a disfiguring tumour have had their quality of life...

Families of 153 dead ask why plane was cleared to fly

"Angry relatives of Madrid crash victims asked yesterday why the aircraft was allowed to fly two hours after it aborted a take-off because of a technical fault. A total of 153 people died on Wednesday when the Spanair aircraft bound for the Canary Islands failed to take off,...

Dyslexic doctor has overseen 40 executions

A 50 cent bullet to the back of the head is actually a more humane way to be executed, the condemed won't even feel the bullet enter, like they would various needles used in lethal injection. It's cheaper, totally painless and instant, unlike those botched executions you hear...

Post-Mortem : A Change in World Trade Process

This is a follow up story and I'll just cover this briefly for those who followed the news on the collapse of global trade talks after 7 years of negotiations since the Doha round in 2001. " GENEVA: 1st August...

The Constitution Has Been Suspended!

""But the Constitution of the United States, as a restraining influence in keeping the federal government within the carefully prescribed channels of power, is moribund, if not dead. We are witnessing its death-agonies, for when this bill becomes a law, if unhappily it...

Norway Adopts Same-Sex Marriage Policy: Sperm Donor Must Be Identified

Amidst heated debate and controversy, Norway became the sixth nation (following, South Africa (5th), Spain (4th), Canada (3rd), Belgium (2nd), and the Netherlands (1st), to grant same-sex marriage privileges....

Egyptian People's Assembly Approves Child Laws, Makes FGM a Crime

"By Safaa Abdoun and Lina MarwanFirst Published: June 8, 2008CAIRO: The People’s Assembly approved amendments to Child Law 12/1996 drafted by the National Council for Childhood and Motherhood (NCCM) after months-long debates.One of the most welcome articles was one...

Cuba to offer free sex changes

"Cuba's new president Raul Castro has decided to offer citizens free sex changes. The development is the latest in a series of eye-catching reforms in state policies since Mr Castro succeeded his brother Fidel in February. Health officials in Havana said the...

China: Reverse sterilization for moms who lost children in China quake

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWho knew Devastation would bring Humanity by a Communist government who implemented a one child policy to stem the population explosion is now helping those who lose...

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