Big Little Lies is officially back, which means the women of Monterey are about to put you through it just like they did last season. Before you dive into the first episode, there are some things that need to be discussed. Mainly, what started this whole mess in the first place? At the orientation at… Read More: Wait, Did Ziggy Really Choke Amabella During the First Season… »
May 24, 2019 — The FDA has approved the first new treatment in 15 years for an aggressive form of lung cancer. The device, the NovoTTF-100L System made by Novocure, uses electric fields to stop solid tumors from mesothelioma from dividing. Mesothelioma is a rare but aggressive cancer strongly associated with asbestos exposure. The new… Read More: First Mesothelioma Treatment in 15 Years Approved »
Having fallen head over heels in love, the first volunteer for a human head/body transplant has pulled out, saying he could not leave his new wife and baby boy for the months that surgery surely would have required. Valery Spiridonov, a 33-year-old Russian computer scientist who suffers from a devastating muscle wasting disease that has… Read More: First man to sign up for head transplant bows out,… »
The kidney of a 35-year-old HIV-positive woman has been transplanted into another patient with the virus that causes AIDS, U.S. surgeons announced Thursday, in a major medical breakthrough. The surgeons at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore performed the operation on Monday, calling it the first in the world of its kind. “I’m feeling good,” said… Read More: US surgeons perform first kidney transplant between 2 living HIV-positive… »