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Cosmetic surgery addict injected cooking oil into her face Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
A woman addicted to cosmetic surgery is unrecognisable after injecting cooking oil into her face.
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'Gender-bending' fear over plastic drinks bottles Posted: 6 months ago by AutumnLotus
Drink from plastic bottles can raise the body’s levels of a controversial ‘gender-bending’ chemical by more than two thirds, according to tests.
Experts have been concerned about the possible health effects of bisphenol A (BPA) - an everyday chemical used in many plastic food and drink containers and tins as well as clear baby bottles - which is officially classified as toxic in some countries.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 257 [+].
"Jawless" teen gets special surgery Posted: 1 year ago by suebe
An Irish 18 year old, born without a jaw, had surgery at a NYC hospital to build a jaw. There are only two known cases of otofacial syndrome. Alan is one of them. But more than anything else in the world, Alan just want to be normal. Video at link
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 515 [+].
Swiss town erects giant plastic Michael Jackson Posted: 5 months ago by topofall
A giant plastic statue of Michael Jackson has been unveiled...
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 72 [+].
Turtles confuse plastic bags for jellyfish Posted: 8 months ago by Ankabout
A study has found plastic in the stomach contents of an alarming number of dead turtles, suggesting the extent of plastic pollution in the oceans.
Comments: 6 Score: [-] 466 [+].
Student Discovers Way To Decompose Plastic Bags in 3 Months Posted: 2 years ago by jquipp
A very bright young student has successfully completed his first round of experiments looking for microbes and proper environmental conditions that will decompose of plastic bags in 3 months time rather than 1000 years time. The results are VERY promising.
Comments: 17 Score: [-] 656 [+].
Animal lover spends £7,500 on surgery for cat Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
An animal lover has spent £7,500 on complex facial reconstructive surgery for her pet cat after it was disfigured in a car accident.
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Man survives record tumour surgery Posted: 2 years ago by wildminou
A Chinese man recovers from surgery that removed part of his facial tumours, which weigh more than 20 kilogrammes in total.
NSFW :Video, Jabba the Hutt look-alike
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Surgery to make second wife look like first wife Posted: 3 years ago by kissmenow
A man in China, re-marrying after losing his wife in a car crash, has convinced his second wife to have plastic surgery in order to make her look like his deceased first wife.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 166 [+].
Hungary gorilla recovering after rare surgery Posted: 11 months ago by AutumnLotus
The Budapest Zoo says a 32-year-old female gorilla has undergone gynecological surgery, the first such operation in Hungary and rare even worldwide.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 194 [+].
Bacteria Ready to Make Plastic From Sugar Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Claims of biology-based oil and plastic usually bear the caveat "in five years." But a San Diego-based company claims they will have a pilot plant for production of E. coli-based 1,4 butanediol (BDO), the base chemical for plastic products ranging from Spandex to car bumpers, next year.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 381 [+].
Surgery for 8-limbed girl successful Posted: 2 years ago by pocksucket
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.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 403 [+].
Sweat-suction surgery to cool your armpits Posted: 2 years ago by maxriter
There is a possibility for all people who want to get rid of the problem to have a suction surgery. During an operation a sweat gland is removed through a tiny needle that is inserted into the armpit.
Comments: 9 Score: [-] 122 [+].
Children find baby in plastic bag Posted: 9 months ago by AutumnLotus
A day-old baby has been found wrapped in a plastic carrier bag by a group of children outside a south London flat.
The girl, who has been named Grace, was found on the doorstep of a third floor flat at Winterslow House, Flaxman Road in Brixton, at 0825 GMT on Wednesday.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 229 [+].
Ex-First Lady Barbara Bush Has Heart Surgery Posted: 9 months ago by Bornbad
Former first lady Barbara Bush had open-heart surgery Wednesday and is resting comfortably at a Houston hospital with her husband, former President George H.W. Bush.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 121 [+].
Surgery to take cat from 5 legs to 3 Posted: 2 years ago by dollyllama
The cat, named Babygirl, will undergo surgery to remove the extra leg and another crippled leg, though the operation has not yet been scheduled.
*Pic not releated
Comments: 5 Score: [-] 233 [+].
Australian has 'world-first' conscious brain surgery Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
An Australian man was conscious and spoke to his medical team during life-saving brain surgery in what doctors are claiming as a world-first procedure with cutting-edge technology.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 171 [+].
Plastic removed from a man's lung Posted: 2 months ago by TraumaMamma
John Manley complained of fatigue, coughing fits and pneumonia spells and now, after two years of agony, doctors at Duke University Hospital believe a small piece of plastic is to blame. Manley, 50, apparently inhaled the 1-inch plastic fragment while eating at a Wendy's restaurant. The Wendy's logo can still be seen on the side of the plastic.
Comments: 5 Score: [-] 406 [+].
London Surgeon Pioneering Scarless Abdominal Surgery Using Belly Button Posted: 5 months ago by AutumnLotus
A London surgeon is pioneering a new way to remove abdominal organs through the belly button using an approach called single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS) which requires only a 10 mm cut in the navel to allow entry of a camera and all the surgical instruments and through which organs like the appendix and gall bladder can be removed.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 268 [+].
Plastic ocean: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Posted: 1 year ago by psycmoe
It began with a line of plastic bags ghosting the surface, followed by an ugly tangle of junk: nets and ropes and bottles, motor-oil jugs and cracked bath toys, a mangled tarp. Tires. A traffic cone. Moore could not believe his eyes. Out here in this desolate place, the water was a stew of plastic crap. It was as though someone had taken the pristine seascape of his youth and swapped it for a landfill.
(Posted 1 year ago by BrownTrout)
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 84 [+].
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