Bolivian women weave devices to patch holes in hearts
(Reuters Health) – A team of Bolivian women are using indigenous Aymara weaving patterns to craft devices that can help repair heart defects, doctors involved in developing the device report…
Premature baby was so underdeveloped her brain was showing through her skin
Baby Hailie Dillon was born so premature that her brain was visible through her transparent skin. ( © Cheri Price / SWNS.com) A disturbing picture was released of a premature…
U.S. states with more support for midwives have better birth outcomes
(Reuters Health) – States with laws that make it easier for midwives to care for pregnant women and deliver babies may have better birth outcomes than states where it’s harder…
‘I was born awesome’: 6-year-old born with no eyes is raising awareness about being different
Christian Buchanan was born with a rare condition that means he has no eyes, and struggles to eat on his own. (Brad Moore / Barcroft Images) A little boy born…
South Africa’s Tiger Brands calls in experts to identify listeria cause
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African food producer Tiger Brands said on Friday it had appointed an expert team to identify the causes of a listeria outbreak that has killed 180…
Formerly conjoined twin Anna Grace Richards discharged from Texas hospital
Nidia Estrada, RN, nurse at Texas Children’s Hospital, shares a moment with Anna. (Paul Vincent Kuntz/Texas Children’s Hospital) A big milestone was reached for one of the formerly conjoined twin…
Two million children in Congo at risk of starvation, U.N. warns
GENEVA (Reuters) – More than 2 million children in the Democratic Republic of Congo are estimated to be at risk of dying from severe acute malnutrition if they do not…
Rhode Island doctor in Insys opioid kickback probe faces sentencing
(Reuters) – A Rhode Island doctor is to be sentenced on Friday after admitting that he took kickbacks from Insys Therapeutics Inc in exchange for prescribing a fentanyl-based cancer pain…
Egypt struggles to end female genital mutilation
AWLAD SERAG, Egypt (Reuters) – In a tiny village in Egypt’s southern province of Assiut, 16-year-old Amany Shamekh, who wants to be an artist one day, recalls how she was…
U.S. judge says opioid settlement roadblocks may prompt trials
(Reuters) – A federal judge pushing for a settlement in lawsuits by state and local governments against drug companies over their roles in the U.S. opioid epidemic said on Wednesday…