Doctors at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston performed the first penis transplant in the United States. Thomas Manning, 64, of Halifax, Massachusetts, became the first patient in the United States to receive a transplant. Manning's own organ was amputated in connection with the discovery of ...
The first case of Zika virus infection has been confirmed in the United States. The diagnosis was confirmed in a Virginia resident who recently traveled outside the United States. Marissa Levin, Virginia State Health Commissioner, stressed that “since the Zika virus is transmitted by mosquitoes that are not in season now, there are dangers of infection for other residents ...
According to a recent University of Michigan study, people who shared their fitness goals on social media on a weekly basis did not exercise any more than those who kept their plans to themselves. Another study of college-age women found that those who compared their appearance to that of numerous ...
An American scientist claims that smartphones cause hallucinations. Robert Rosenberg, a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, calls the illusion caused by the telephone, the syndrome of phantom vibration, writes the New York Post. According to the scientist, a survey of students showed that more than half of young people feel non-existent cell phone vibrations about ...
Vox.com publishes several 2015 health scandals. The examples given by the Internet portal involve world stars of show business, bloggers and famous politicians. Journalists warn readers not to repeat what these people have done. Gwyneth Paltrow loved the spa ...
US presidential contender Donald Trump on Monday, December 14, released a medical report from his doctor, CNN reports. The survey showed that the 69-year-old businessman "has no significant health problems." “If Trump wins the election, I can confidently say ...
Medicine in the USA is private and prohibitively expensive. The state takes care of only the most vulnerable strata of the population, and even then, as a rule, not in full. Therefore, having health insurance is a vital issue. You can not think about her ...
The American company Pfizer Inc. and Irish Allergan Plc announced a record merger in the pharmaceutical market. The deal, which is expected to be completed in the second half of 2016, will be worth $ 160 billion. As a result, the world's largest pharmaceutical company, Pfizer Plc, will be created. ...
Most American stores offer organic foods, such as meat, fruits and vegetables, along with conventional foods. They are significantly more expensive, but, as manufacturers claim, they are much healthier. ForumDaily decided to figure out whether organic products are really much better or just another...
The last few years in Israel, much attention has been paid to the topic of donation and transplantation, but the problem of the lack of organs for transplantation is still very acute. Liver lobe transplants from adult to adult in the world began to be done quite recently, in an attempt to reduce the catastrophic shortage ...