MEDICINE & HEALTH

Human Composting Could Be a Thing in Washington State

POLICY Washington just passed a bill to become the first US state to legalize human composting. The Washington state legislature recently passed a bill that, if signed by the governor, allows human bodies to be composted-and used for mulch.

A Tree that Grows 40 Different Varieties of Fruit

Through grafting, one man has created Frankenstein’s Monster-like trees. Sam Van Aken, a professor at Syracuse University, is growing a tree that can produce 40 different types of stone fruits.

4 Plastic Surgery Cases That Have Gone Extreme

Plastic Surgery is a surgical procedure that involves reconstruction, restoration or alteration of a human body. Reconstructive surgeries are those who turn to plastic surgery to correct a physical defect and regain a normal appearance after a tragic accident. Cosmetic or also known as Aesthetic surgery is where a person wants to alter a part of the body because it makes them uncomfortable.

Ghana Debuts World’s Largest Medical Drone Delivery Service

Ghana’s first service is the world’s largest The Vice President of the Republic, Dr. Mamahudu Bawumia, on Wednesday, 24th April 2019 launched the first ever medical drone delivery service in Ghana, and the largest such drone delivery network in the world, at Omenako, near Suhum, in the Eastern Region.

Pericyte Injections in Astronauts

A new trial addresses a pressing issue in space exploration. We've always been seeing news about how we've been sending people to space and gathering endless data but we see very less of news about how these people are fairing in space and when they're back on earth.

A Decoder to Turn Brain Activity Into Speech

Technology could in effect give voice back to people with conditions such as Parkinson’s For people who have lost their voice through paralysis and conditions such as throat cancer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Parkinson's disease, there may just be hope to regain what they've lost.

Number of Women Who Are Not Physically Active is Growing at an Alarming Rate

An estimate of 9 million women in the United States alone are not active, research shows A national survey taken from more than 19 million women in the United States with cardiovascular disease shows that half of them do not do enough physical activity and the number of women who are not active have grown over the last 10 years.
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