Following on from Autumn's post about Lakshmi born with vestigial remnants of a conjoined twin (or born as the reincarnation of a god, depending on your point of view), she has had the surgery now, and after a team of 30 doctors operated for 24 hours, she is doing fine.

NB, the Daily Mail have updated the article Autumn linked to to reflect this. picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

Two conjoined Nile Tilapia fish, dubbed "Siamese Twin", swim in a small aquarium in Bangkok. They are both eight months old and share part of the skin together. The bigger fish tends to protect the smaller one from harm while the smaller one looks for food at the bottom of the aquarium. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Faith Williams, the survivor of the two conjoined twins separated a month ago has also died.

Previous details here. picked by pocksucket 11 months ago

An Orange police officer was charged Friday with posing as his twin brother to trick a 25-year-old woman into having sex with him at his parents' Milford home last month. picked by kakana 3 months ago

"For the first few days the attached second body was also alive and was moving, but now it is dead."

*ALL credit to natee, see (and upvote) here* picked by cb__ 3 months ago

Conjoined twins, born to an 18 year old mother, share a single liver, which means they may be successfully separated in the future.

Follow up to cb_'s earlier post picked by suebe 1 year ago

A 9-year-old girl who went to hospital in central Greece suffering from stomach pains was found to be carrying her embryonic twin, doctors said Thursday. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

There isn't much empathy in many doctors' exam rooms, a study of 100 doctors in the Rochester, N.Y., area found. picked by Lilo 2 years ago

It was to be the one and only cuddle Carolyn Isbister would have with her tiny, premature daughter. Rachael had been born minutes before - weighing a mere 20oz - and had only minutes to live. Her heart was beating once every ten seconds and she was not breathing. As doctors gave up, Miss Isbister lifted her baby out of her hospital blanket and placed her on her chest. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Baby boy born with his twin inside him... picked by kerry 3 years ago

A 1-year-old girl is back with her mother a year after the Mexico City doctors who delivered her allegedly sold her to another woman. picked by MandolinOrange 4 weeks ago

Doctors take away his giant plastic keys. picked by readingitall 2 years ago

Just goes to show that there is always hope, and doctors can be wrong. picked by Kitsune86 2 years ago

A plumber's embryonic twin spilled out of his stomach, in a scene reminiscent of the movie Alien. picked by Nicky666 7 months ago

Gunmen attacked a convoy Sunday in Somalia and took several hostages, including two foreign aid workers from the group Doctors Without Borders. picked by psycmoe 8 months ago

A randomly sampled poll of doctors nationwide — including some from the AMA, which officially opposes a public option — predominantly supports a public health care option. picked by lynxears 3 months ago

Doctors in New Zealand lost a man's false teeth during his back surgery but found them four days later — stuck in his throat. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A man who had one of his ears cut off when he was attacked in a park described yesterday how doctors stitched it to his stomach in a bid to save it. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago

A 30-year-old South African lesbian cop shot and wounded her soon-to-be bride in the buttocks during a drunken stupor at the weekend. picked by mitzuzake 2 years ago

The girls had been joined at the bottom of their spinal cords. Doctors also had to separate some of the girls' shared tissue, muscles and nerves. picked by DrNothing 2 years ago