Teenager's desperate bid to save herself from spine so twisted it's crushing her to death from the INSIDE
A teenager needs emergency surgery to save herself from a spine that is to twisted it is crushing her to death from the inside. Samantha Harris has been suffering from scoliosis - abnormal curvature of the spine - since she was seven-years-old. She says she was initially given a back brace but stopped wearing it because she was bullied at school. The problem got worse but Samantha says she was unable to have surgery because she was underweight. Gofundme.com/samanthaharris An x-ray shows the..>> view originalManagement of black lung in Queensland 'shambolic', inquiry hears
"Shambolic" and "dropped the ball" were just some of the words uttered on Friday as an inquiry tries to unravel how a deadly disease has re-emerged in a modern Queensland.Coal miner's pneumoconiosis, also known as black lung, was under the spotlight at a parliamentary select committee inquiry into black lung, with a public departmental briefing on Friday. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide Black lung case 'tip of the iceberg' Christmas shopping hours e..>> view originalRSPCA calls for Tas abattoir closure
Australian Associated PressFootage of pigs, sheep and cows being mistreated at a Tasmanian abattoir has prompted the RSPCA to call for its immediate closure.The RSPCA says footage taken at an abattoir in the Derwent Valley shows abusive behaviour from a worker, inappropriate use of bolt devices on cattle, pigs and sheep, and repeated stunning of captive animals.RSPCA chief scientist Bidda Jones on Saturday said the abattoir should be closed while the Tasmanian government investigates.>> view originalHearing loss among Indigenous children in NT detention 'widespread': royal commission submission
Hearing loss among Indigenous children in NT detention 'widespread': royal commission submission Updated October 15, 2016 01:35:33 A psychologist has given scathing testimony about the lack of provisions for screening and managing children with hearing loss in Northern Territory juvenile detention, while other specialists say decades have passed without significant improvement. Key points:Psychologist says hearing loss communication problems misconstrued as non-complia..>> view originalU-M joins $20 million project to compare treatments for uterine fibroids - News
U-M joins $20 million project to compare treatments for uterine fibroids Published on October 15, 2016 at 12:38 AM · No Comments The University of Michigan will join nine other clinical centers across the country working to compare the effectiveness of different treatment strategies for women with uterine fibroids. The five-year, $20 million project is funded by The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). The effort cen..>> view originalEight people suffering severe hallucinations are hospitalised on Gold Coast
Eight people suffering severe hallucinations are hospitalised on Gold Coast Updated October 15, 2016 14:24:57 Eight people have been hospitalised this morning after suffering severe hallucinogenic episodes from taking illicit drugs at separate parties on the Gold Coast.Paramedics were called to an address at Mermaid Waters at 8:00am where four men and a woman were found in a distressed state, swimming in a canal, while suffering hallucinations.The five patients รข€” all ..>> view originalMind-controlled robotic arm helps paralyzed patients 'feel'
Read any science fiction and you’ll know that robots themselves can’t feel. But in a paper published this week from the University of Pittsburgh, researchers have shown that a mind-controlled robotic arm can help paralyzed patients regain sensation in their limbs. Using a brain-computer interface, which has been shown to give patients the ability to move robotic extensions in past experiments by this UPitt team and others, is important for allowing a person to perform simple functions. But with..>> view original
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