Picture shows Tauseef Khan, undated. He is a research associate at Toronto University's Temerty Faculty of Medicine and one of the co-authors of the study entitled "Effect of honey on cardiometabolic risk factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis." (Nema McGlynn/Newsflash)

Honey Can Lower Stroke Risk, Study Shows

• Post author:Thomas Hochwarter
• Post published:December 23, 2022

Tucking into raw honey can significantly reduce the risk of suffering some of the most common current health issues, scientists in Canada have found. Researchers at Toronto University carried out…

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Photo shows Daniela Maria Martin Becerra, undated photo. Daniela, who reportedly suffers from a case of Guillain-Barre, is dubbed as the "Cuban sleeping beauty". (@mirkatania.romeromunoz/Newsflash)

Mum’s Bid To Bring Daughter Who Won’t Wake Up Home From Hospital For Xmas

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:December 15, 2022

A desperate mother is trying to raise funds to bring her 'Sleeping Beauty' daughter, who suffers from a rare disease, home from hospital for Christmas. Daniela Maria Martin Becerra, who…

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Picture shows the magnetic beads removed from girl's stomach in Hangzhou, Zhejiang in China, undated. She swallowed 61 magnetic beads. (Zhejiang Children's Hospital/AsiaWire)

Girl Who Swallowed 61 Magnetic Beads Has Intestines Perforated In 14 Places

• Post author:Simona Kitanovska
• Post published:December 14, 2022

Surgeons in China removed shocking 61 magnetic balls from a four-year-old girl's stomach who ended up with 14 holes in her intestine after accidentally swallowing the beads. The little girl,…

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Picture shows a Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus), undated. Sebastian Rotschke, 27, was bit by a Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus), he contracted blood poisoning, and was put in an artificial coma, in Rodermark, Germany. (Newsflash)

Man Has Two Toes Amputated And Over 30 Operations After Being Bitten By Asian Tiger Mosquito In Germany

• Post author:Joseph Golder
• Post published:December 2, 2022

A man in Germany has had two toes amputated and has gone through over 30 operations having spent four weeks in a coma after being bitten by a mosquito. Sebastian…

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A member of the medical staff performs a procedure on the baby in Malaga, Spain, undated. A team of over 50 doctors operated on a 36-week foetus inside the mother's uterus in a pioneering case. (Newsflash)

Pioneering Op By More Than 50 Professionals Saved Baby Still Inside Mum’s Womb

• Post author:William McGee
• Post published:November 15, 2022

In a pioneering operation, more than 50 healthcare workers have saved the life of a child still inside its mother's womb. The one-of-a-kind procedure was recently carried out with resounding…

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Oliver Romero poses in an undated photo. Oliver, the Malaga-born boy who needs urgent surgery for a brainstem tumour, went down for surgery at the Sant Joan de Deu hospital in Barcelona, Spain Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. (@alejandro_underwater/Newsflash)

Doctors Remove 90 Per Cent Of Toddler’s Brain Tumour After Parents Were Told It Was Inoperable

• Post author:Alice Amelia Thomas
• Post published:November 10, 2022

Doctors have successfully removed more than 90 per cent of a small child’s brain tumour after his parents were told it was inoperable and he was flown from Mexico to…

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Picture shows the two sisters before surgery at Zhejiang University Children's Hospital in China, undated. The two were born with part of their abdomen connected. (Zhejiang University Children's Hospital/AsiaWire)

Conjoined Twins Separated After Miracle Op

• Post author:Simona Kitanovska
• Post published:November 8, 2022

Two conjoined twins were successfully separated after undergoing surgery in a hospital in eastern China. Picture shows the conjoined twins after birth, Friday, Sept. 16, 2022. They were delivered by…

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Picture shows Emma, 17-months-old, undated. She received the first intestine transplant from a deceased person in the world. (CEN)

13-Month-Old Receives Historic Intestine Transplant

• Post author:Alice Amelia Thomas
• Post published:October 20, 2022

An adorable infant named Emma has received the world’s first intestinal implant from a dead organ donor. The 17-month-old tot - from Segovia, Spain - is the first person in…

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Professor Dr Tillman Krueger poses, undated photo. He showed that botulinum toxin injections not only affect muscles, but also the emotional control center in the brain. (Karin Kaiser, MHH/Newsflash)

Botox Jabs Can Fight Depression, Says Study

• Post author:Georgina Jedikovska
• Post published:October 6, 2022

Botox jabs to smooth wrinkled foreheads can lift depression and even control dangerous mood swings, a new study in Germany has revealed. The neurotoxin botulinum toxin (BTX) - commonly known…

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Picture shows surgeons operating on a woman in Itaperuna, Brazil, on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022. (@drglaucioboechat/Newsflash)

Woman With Tumour The Size Of A Human ‘Just Thought I Was Putting On Weight’

• Post author:Alice Amelia Thomas
• Post published:September 18, 2022

Surgeons have removed an astonishing 46-kilogramme tumour from a woman who thought she'd just been putting on weight. The tumour - about the same weight as a small person -…

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