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Baby’s Life Saved By World’s Smallest Artificial Heart

Like all technology, medical implants can be made smaller as the engineering behind them gets more advanced. That’s how a 16-month-old Italian baby was able to become the recipient of the world’s smallest artificial heart — and have its life saved in the process.

April 27, 2012
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One Kidney Has Been Inside Three People In Just Two Weeks

When Ray Fearing received a kidney from his sister, Cera, after a long battle with a disease which forms scar tissue on the kidney, he was extremely relieved. Sadly, his condition worsened, and the doctors had no choice but to remove the kidney. But it went on to find itself inside a third patient.

April 23, 2012
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Here’s How Much Body Parts Cost On The Black Market

If you were ever curious as to how much body parts can fetch on the black market, Medical Transcription created a snazzy infographic to show you. Some parts are shockingly cheap! Like would you want a new shoulder or a new iPad? Both cost 500 bucks.

March 22, 2012
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New Test Can Tell If You’re Going to Have A Heart Attack

Scientists have developed a test that detects whether the large, misshapen, mutant cells that indicate you’re due for an acute myocardial infarction are circulating through your bloodstream.

March 13, 2012
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The Dark Side Of Being An Organ Donor

Becoming an organ donor is widely considered a good thing. If you die and offer up your body to medicine, you can extend the life of others with zero inconvenience — after all, you’re dead. But it turns out that the reality of organ donation isn’t quite so crystal clear, and that it’s something you might want to lend a little more thought to.

October 20, 2011
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If You Can’t Get An Organ, An Organoid Might Do

There are 1700 people on the Australian Organ Donor Register at any one time, and many people daily die waiting each year. To help patients survive the interim, scientists are working on “organoinds” — mini organs that would temporarily operate outside the body.

October 12, 2011
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Giz Explains: Why Your Stomach Growls

Mankind has been puzzling over the rumbling in our stomachs for so long that even the ancient Greeks came up with a name for it: borborygmi. The word attempts to put the sound of the grumble to mouth.

September 1, 2011
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A Beating Heart In A Box Looks Terrifying, Could Save Your Life

If I ever needed a heart transplant, seeing a living, tell-tale heart before before my eyes would probably scare me to death. But TransMedic’s unique organ care system could prove to keep that heart fresher for longer until you need it.

August 3, 2011
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Man Enters Hospital With Stomach Pains, Leaves With Hysterectomy

Stop me if you’ve heard this one: an Indian farmer goes to the hospital and says “Doc, I’ve got this horrible pain in my stomach.” And then the doctors operate and find “a female uterus, ovaries, Fallopian tubes, a cervix and underdeveloped vaginal tissue”. No? Yeah, I hadn’t neither.

July 27, 2011
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Next Generation Artificial Lungs Run On Nothing But Air

For the 200 million people worldwide with lung disease, current artificial lungs aren’t much of a solution — they’re heavy, external and short-lived. A new respiratory system from the University of Illinois, however, could help patients breathe easier.

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