Virgin Gets Bionic Penis After Childhood Tragedy
Life has been hard for Mohammed Abad. The 43-year-old virgin from Edinburgh, Scotland, "lost all of my genitals" when he was hit by a car and dragged 600 feet at just 6 years old, The Sun reports. Thirty-seven years later, he got a new lease on life -- and sex -- after surgeons at University College London gave him an 8-inch bionic penis. Using a button in his scrotum, Abad can now inflate his new manhood with fluids from an implant in his belly. "When you want a bit of action you press the 'on' button, and when you are finished you press another button. It takes seconds," he told The Sun. It took doctors three years ...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - August 22, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Epidermolysis Bullosa vs. The California Stem Cell Program: Disease-a-week Challenge # 12
Try this. Take your right index finger and run it roughly across your left forearm. Nothing happens, right? You see the skin ripple, but it springs back like before. But if you had a skin condition called Epidermolysis Bullosa ( EB), even that small touch could leave a blister, and soon break apart, exposing raw flesh. When you first meet John Hudson Dilgen, (in the video "Boy with Butterfly Skin",) he is wearing what appear to be white sweats. He is smiling and talking, a beautiful regular little boy, the kind who would be running around like crazy at the school playground, and last to come in from recess. It takes a m...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - August 14, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Girl, 10, suffers third-degree burns after picking up giant hogweed
Schoolgirl Lauren Fuller might need skin grafts after suffering burns on hands and cheeks when she picks up invasive plant near Loch Lomond, Scotland (Source: Telegraph Health)
Source: Telegraph Health - July 14, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Lauren Fuller New Southern General Hospital Wishaw General Hospital Loch Lomond Giant hogweed invasive plant Scotland Source Type: news
Hidden Healing Power In Your Blood
You have a powerful “healing factor” flowing through your blood right now. It’s virtually unknown to mainstream medicine, and it’s never been offered to you by any doctor.
I visited Dr. Purita’s clinic at the Stem Cell Centers of America.
Yet this natural substance is so potent, it has the potential to rebuild aching joints, repair diseased organs, and make your face and skin look 15 years younger.
It’s a technology that harvests “growth factors” from the platelets in your blood, as well as newly discovered stem cells that up until now were completely unknown.
And I found one...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - July 13, 2015 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Dr. Al Sears Tags: Anti-Aging Source Type: news
'Fat Grafting' Widely Used During Facelift Surgery
Title: 'Fat Grafting' Widely Used During Facelift SurgeryCategory: Health NewsCreated: 7/10/2015 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 7/13/2015 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Skin General)
Source: MedicineNet Skin General - July 13, 2015 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news
Researchers repurpose technology to reduce psychological and physical scars of burn injuries
It’s the season for backyard grilling, campfires, fireworks – and burn injuries. Over the next few months, U.S. burn centers will see thousands of severe burns requiring painful skin grafts and lengthy treatment. Researchers are developing new ways to use already approved therapies to help alleviate the anxiety and pain of burn treatments – as well as improve outcomes. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 30, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
World's First Partial Skull And Scalp Transplant A Success In Texas
Opening a new frontier in transplant surgery, Texas doctors have done the world's first partial skull and scalp transplant to help a man who suffered a large head wound from cancer treatment.
Doctors from Houston Methodist Hospital and MD Anderson Cancer Center did the operation two weeks ago.
The recipient — Jim Boysen, a 55-year-old software developer from Austin, Texas — expects to leave the hospital Thursday with a new kidney and pancreas along with the scalp and skull grafts. He said he was stunned at how well doctors matched him to a donor with similar skin and hair coloring.
"It's kind of shocking, really, ho...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - June 5, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
World's First Skull-Cap Transplant Helps Jim Boysen Fight Cancer
Opening a new frontier in transplant surgery, Texas doctors have done the world's first partial skull and scalp transplant to help a man who suffered a large head wound from cancer treatment.
Doctors from Houston Methodist Hospital and MD Anderson Cancer Center did the operation two weeks ago.
The recipient - Jim Boysen, a 55-year-old software developer from Austin, Texas - expects to leave the hospital Thursday with a new kidney and pancreas along with the scalp and skull grafts. He said he was stunned at how well doctors matched him to a donor with similar skin and hair coloring.
"It's kind of shocking, really, how go...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - June 5, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
South Africa: Breakthrough to Revolutionise Burn Treatment
[News24Wire] Until recently the outlook for patients in South Africa with extensive burns was bleak. The best they could hope for were highly specialised transplant techniques, depending on the availability of resources. If they survived, patients faced long and excruciating hospital stays, with mixed results at the end of their treatment alongside a very substantial bill. In some cases the total cost of skin grafting can be up to R1 800 000. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 28, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Is paracetamol use in pregnancy harmful for male babies?
Conclusion
This was a well-designed laboratory study looking at the effect of paracetamol on testicular development. As it would be unethical to study this in pregnant women, the researchers used a mouse model. This involved grafting samples of human foetal testicular tissue under the skin of mice.
The main finding from the study was that oral paracetamol reduced testosterone production if given at a dose equivalent to humans, three times a day for one week. A single dose of paracetamol did not reduce testosterone production.
As the researchers say, they tested the effect of single dose exposure as it is assumed that pre...
Source: NHS News Feed - May 21, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medication Pregnancy/child Source Type: news
Two different fat graft techniques have similar effects on facial skin
Two approaches to fat grafting—injection of fat cells versus fat-derived stem cells—have similar effects in reversing the cellular-level signs of aging skin, reports a study. The study included six middle-aged patients who were candidates for facelift surgery. All underwent fat grafting to a small area in front of the ear. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - March 30, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Two different fat graft techniques have similar effects on facial skin
(Wolters Kluwer Health) Two approaches to fat grafting -- injection of fat cells versus fat-derived stem cells -- have similar effects in reversing the cellular-level signs of aging skin, reports a study in the April issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - March 30, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Stratatech's regenerative skin graft passes Phase II trial
Stratatech says its genetically -engineered skin substitute passed its Phase II clinical trial as a treatment for severe burns.
Wisconsin's Stratatech said its biologically active, genetically engineered skin substitute passed a Phase II clinical trial as a treatment for severe burns, setting the stage for a bid for a Phase III trial.
Stratatech Corp.News Well, Clinical Trials, Graft, Regenerative Medicineread more (Source: Mass Device)
Source: Mass Device - March 12, 2015 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Mark Hollmer Source Type: news
Building blocks of the future defy logic: New logic-defying mathematical model
Wake up in the morning and stretch; your midsection narrows. Pull on a rubber band and it becomes thinner. One might assume that materials will always stretch and thin. Wrong. Thanks to their peculiar internal geometry, auxetic materials grow wider when stretched. After confounding scientists for decades, researchers are now developing mathematical models to explain the unusual behavior of these logic-defying materials, unlocking applications from better skin grafts to new smart materials. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 26, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Hope for babies with 'scalded skin' syndrome with genetically modified graft
Children with Netherton Syndrome, a painful skin condition, have a missing gene, and trials are under way of a treatment that replaces it. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 8, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
