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Newborn baby dies from SYPHILIS in Britain 'for the first time in decades'

Newborn baby dies from SYPHILIS in Britain ‘for the first time in decades’ as cases rise by 20% in a year Cases of the sexually transmitted infection are at their highest since the 1940s Growing numbers of women are passing it on to their babies during pregnancy This is the ‘first time in decades’ it… Read More »

Fidel API adds Amex to Become the First Global Card-linking Company to Capture Transactions on all Major Payment Networks

Fidel Expands their Ability to Drive Long-term Customer Loyalty by Linking More Payment Cards to Loyalty Programmes [16 January, 2019], LONDON: Today, Fidel API becomes the first global card-linking technology enabler to partner with the three major card payment processors: Visa, Mastercard and Amex. Fidel, which powers the loyalty programmes of Avios, TopCashback and Perkbox… Read More »

Swedish woman becomes the first to get pregnant after having a womb transplant performed with robot

Medical breakthrough as Swedish woman becomes world’s FIRST to get pregnant after having a womb transplant performed using a robot Womb transplants have produced 13 babies so far around the world But the procedure had only been successful when done by human surgeons Using a surgical robot reduces the damage and recovery time for the… Read More »

Japanese researchers inject stem cells into patient's brain to treat Parkinson's in historic first

Japanese researchers said Friday they have transplanted stem cells into the brain of a patient in the first stage of an innovative trial to cure Parkinson’s disease. The research team at Kyoto University injected induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) cells — which have the potential to develop into any cell in the body — into the… Read More »