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Astronaut-climber: 'I'm not a risk taker'

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:47:44 GMT

He's summited Mount Everest. He's walked in space seven times.

Lab-made organ implanted for first time

Fri, 08 Jul 2011 13:32:41 GMT

For the first time, a patient has received a synthetic windpipe that was created in a lab with the patient's own stem cells and without using human donor tissue, researchers said Thursday.

Chimpanzee attack victim gets new face

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 22:09:33 GMT

More than two years after a chimpanzee mauled her, Charla Nash will once again be able to eat solid foods and regain her sense of smell thanks to a full face transplant, doctors at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital said Friday.

The secret life of kids online: What you need to know

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:19:10 GMT

A new report from the AAP clues parents into what their kids are really doing online. Good news: It's not all bad!

Radiation: When to worry

Tue, 15 Mar 2011 14:00:22 GMT

Nuclear power has generally proved safe and nondetrimental to human health.

Scientists 'seed' cells, make new organs

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 23:41:58 GMT

Engineering organs begins with something missing -- a phantom organ in the body that causes a patient incredible discomfort, dysfunction or pain. It ends with a Star Trek-esque feat of engineering where missing organs are replaced using cells culled from a patient's own body.

What you need to know about total knee replacement

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 23:55:23 GMT

Robin Gray's knee had been bothering her for almost two years, but when it finally got to the point where it interfered with her duties as a custodian at Emory University, she knew it was time to take action.

Voice found: Woman speaks with new larynx

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 03:29:33 GMT

For 11 years, Brenda Charett Jensen couldn't speak. She communicated through an electronic device that sounded like a robot. When the batteries ran out, her conversation was over.

Five ways your cell phone can save you

Thu, 04 Nov 2010 18:39:11 GMT

Follow the blue path.

Pioneering surgery helping blind to see

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 19:55:07 GMT

Second phase trials have started across Europe into pioneering eye surgery that allows some blind people to see.