Archives for September 11, 2018
Claire Wineland, Who Inspired Millions On Youtube Chronicling Her Cystic Fibrosis Battle, Dies After Lung Transplant
Claire Wineland spent nearly every hour of her two decades alive preparing for the end. The California native was diagnosed at birth with cystic fibrosis, a genetic condition that overloads…
Toddler Receives Mother’s Kidney, Part Of Liver In Pioneering Transplant
Surgeons at the Vatican children's hospital in Rome have carried out a pioneering operation in which a Lebanese woman's kidney and part of her liver were transplanted in her 30-month-old…
‘Black Hairy Tongue’ Is An Actual Medical Condition, And It Looks As Weird As It Sounds
Don't panic, but there is a medical condition in which a person's tongue can take on a dark, woolly appearance - and it's appropriately called "black hairy tongue." Doctors in Missouri…
Are Rising Temperatures Responsible For Increased Childhood Viral Infections?
Turns out, hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is a common childhood viral infection that mostly affects in warmer summer months because of the increasing temperature and humidity. According to…