AUGUSTA, Ga. — Doctors treating University of West Georgia grad student for a type of flesh-eating bacteria say the 24-year-old will end up losing both her hands and her remaining foot. Watch…

Scientists were able to successfully transplant human and mouse hair follicle cells and have them produce normal hair growth cycles. (CBS News) Great news for bald men men and women: Scientists in Japan have successfully regrown hair on a bald mouse. New cause for male pattern baldness discovered: Is cure next? Even though the technological advancement only happened on a rodent, this new development may mean that humans could look forward to a hair-filled future. Not only were Japanese scientists able to regrow hair in the study, which was published April 17 in Nature Communications, but they were...

Five people charged after 17-year-old boy from one of China’s poorest provinces sold organ to buy coveted Apple gizmos Five people in southern China have been charged with intentional injury in the case of a Chinese teenager who sold a kidney so he could buy an iPhone and an iPad. The five, according to the state-run Xinhua news agency, included a surgeon who removed a kidney from the 17-year-old boy in April last year. The boy, identified only by his surname Wang, now suffers from renal deficiency, Xinhua quoted prosecutors in Chenzhou city, Hunan province, as saying. According to Xinhua,...

Toddler Zed Merrick suffered second-degree burns but has made an amazing recovery thanks to a ground-breaking new technique A toddler who suffered horrific scalding has made a miracle recovery after doctors sprayed on a new layer of skin. Two-year-old Zed Merrick suffered second degree burns to his chest and shoulder after knocking over a cup of tea. Mum Nicky, 33, feared he would be scarred for life following the accident, which happened at their home in Lincolnshire. Read More…

The restaurant owner of the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas where a patron recently suffered an apparent heart attack while eating a 6,000 calorie Triple Bypass Burger defended his place as a freedom-loving establishment based on values our nation’s “Founding Fathers intended us to live” by. Speaking on Fox and Friends Friday morning Jon Basso says his restaurant isn’t just a place to get artery clogging meals, like the Triple Bypass. “What it’s all about is a place where you can live the way our Founding Fathers intended us to live, and that is by our own accord,”...

OAK LAWN, Ill. — Dante Autullo was sure he’d merely cut himself with a nail gun while building a shed, and thought doctors were joking when they told him what an X-ray revealed: A 3 1/4-inch nail was lodged in the middle of his brain. Autullo was recovering Friday after undergoing surgery at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where doctors removed the nail that came within millimeters of the part of the brain controlling motor function. “When they brought in the picture, I said to the doctor ‘Is this a joke? Did you get that out of the doctors joke file?’” the 32-year-old...

LONDON: An elderly woman in Britain had a pen stuck in her stomach for 25 years. The 76-year-old accidentally swallowed the felt-tip pen in the 1980s when using it to hold down her tongue while checking her tonsils in a mirror, Daily Express reported Thursday. But no one believed her at the time because hospital scans revealed nothing and she completely forgot about it. The plastic pen was removed when she went to see a gastrointestinal specialist after suffering from severe stomach pains, weight loss and diarrhoea. Read more…

Conjoined twins have been born in Brazil with two heads, two functioning brains and two backbones – but a single heart. The rare condition is thought to have occurred when one of the pair failed to fully develop in the womb. Doctors say separating the twins, named Jesus and Emanuel, is not currently an option because there is only one set of organs, Reuters reports. They are being monitored by specialists to see how they develop. Dr Neila Dahas, who is treating the newborns, said surgery was not being considered at the moment. Read more…

Women wondering whether or not to take the next step with a new man in their life should heed the advice of Russian scientists – and take a deep whiff. Sniffing a potential partner’s scent could tell if Mr Right has a sexually transmitted disease, according to a new study. The research found that gonorrhea-infected men smelt ‘putrid’ to women, reports MSNBC.com.’Our research revealed that infection disease reduces odor attractiveness in humans’ wrote Mikhail Moshkin, a professor at the Institute of Cytology and Genetics in Russia, and the lead author of research...

NEW YORK (WABC) — Most of us are familiar with the term sleep walking, but what about texting while sleeping? There’s actually a growing community of people who say they’re experiencing this phenomenon. “Sometimes I look at my phone and I’m like did I text that while asleep? I’m not really sure,” said Christopher Heath. Some say sleep texting is a sign of these technologically advanced times. At least according to the thousands of members belonging to the sleep texting Facebook page. “I have to look full conversations while I’m asleep but I...