The World’s First Artificial Heart

Do you ever hear about the artificial heart that has been transplanting to a patient? Most of your answer will be “NO”. But after reading this article your answer for the above question will be definitely a “YES” as an artificial heart has been transplanted into a patient for the first time in medical history at Georges Pompidou Hospital in Paris, France.

The artificial heart weighs 2lb, three times the weight of a real heart and contains bovine tissue and sensors that adapt the blood flow. According to medics it would beat for at least five years. The device mimics heart muscle contractions and contains sensors that adapt the blood flow to the patient's moves.

The artificial heart is motorized by external, wearable lithium-ion batteries. Inside the heart, surfaces that come into contact with human blood are made partly from bovine tissue instead of synthetic materials such as plastic that can cause blood clots.

The artificial heart, developed with the help of engineers from the Dutch-based European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company (EADS). Further if it is made widely available it is predictable to cost about £150,000.

Auxiliary French medics said the anonymous male patient who received the device was awake and responding well after an operation. Surgeon Alain Carpentier who performed the implant, said: “It’s about giving patients a normal social life”. It will raise France’s reputation as a country at the forefront of medical innovation.

There’s no doubt with that incredible artificial heart, thousands of people all over the world can save their lives.

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Girl Born With Eight Limbs

A woman named Poonam Tatma gave an incredible birth to an astonishing girl who has four arms and four legs (8 limbs) and two torsos fused at the hips in bihar region of northeast India, in October 2005. A new born baby was named as Lakshmi as her picture similar to the multi-limbed Hindu goddess named Lakshmi, who is worshiped as a deity of wealth and good fortune.

Orthopaedic surgeon Dr Sharan Patil, owner of the Sparsh Hospital in Bangalore, travelled to Lakshmi's remote village in 2007 to meet the child and offer her parents the chance of a lifetime to operate on her for free. That was a Lakshmi’s parents a great relief. Dr Bhairoon Singh Bhati stated that "The biggest difficulty caring for Lakshmi is that she's a unique case, there's never been a child like her before so we have nothing to refer back to".

After an incredible 27-hour operation, with the contribution of more than 30 surgeons Lakshmi could reborn again by leading to a normal life. After leading to typical life Lakshmi has started school Under Dr Bhati's guidance.

 

Her father Shambu, said, “I believe with all my heart that Lakshmi is indeed a goddess. The operation removed her extra legs so that she can lead a normal life but she is not a normal child”.

Her mother Poonam said that “When I think of the way she was, never in a million years would Lakshmi have been able to go to school or have the life she does today”.

What we can do for this amazing girl Lakshmi is wishing her a very healthy and joyful life ahead.

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A Man Who Has a Nose Grown On His Forehead

Can you imagine a man who has a nose grown on his forehead? I don’t think you might have ever thought of it. But here’s a real man who had a new nose grown on his forehead.

A Chinese man, Xiaolian, went through a weird experience of having a forehead nose after having severely damaged his original nose in a car accident in 2012. Because the cartilage in the nose was destroyed, doctors found that it’s impossible to repair his original nose.

 

So that the doctors came up with the idea to grow the new nose by placing a skin tissue expander on his forehead to create the shape, and planted cartilage from his ribs to produce the structure under the supervision of Dr. David Cangello, a plastic surgeon at Lenox Hill hospital, New York. Dr. David Cangello stated that “We typically take cartilage from the rib, and we put it right where the nose structure would already be, and we bring the skin flap over it and cover it.” Xiaolian's new nose was created by medical staff at hospital in Fuzhou, Fujian province.

Shehan Hettiaratchy, who is a Chief of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Imperial College, said that, "The forehead is a traditional place to get extra tissue from to rebuild a nose. The skin from there is a good match for nose skin. Most importantly, the forehead skin can be moved to the nose and keep its blood supply, which is essential otherwise the skin would die."

Doctors said the Xiaolian's nose will be most vulnerable during the 18 months after it is transplanted. But now his new nose is ready for transplant surgery in the near future.

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The World's Oldest Person - Dina Manfredini

Dina Manfredini from Des Moines, Iowa, USA was officially making known as the world oldest living person according to the world’s Guinness records 2012. She was in 115 year old when she places this world record.

Manfredini was born in Italy on April 4th, 1897 who was primarily a mother and homemaker, but had taken a job later time cleaning houses up until the age of 90. She came to the U.S. with her husband, Riccardo in 1920 and they raised four children, before Riccardo died in 1965.

"I'm old, old lady, but I work. Work hard. I like work," she said. Dina lived independently until she was 110 years old, when she then reposition to a nursing home in Johnston, Iowa.

Members of the world’s record committee confirmed that Dina Manfredini is the only verified Italian person to have arrived at the age of 115 in familiar history.

The previous Guinness World Record carried by Besse Cooper of Georgia but she passed away at the age of 116. Dina Manfredini was the second oldest person on record, so she will now obtain the title.

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A Baby Girl (Audrina Cardenas) Born with her Heart outside

Audrina Cardenas, a baby girl who was born October 15, 2012, with a rare genetic deformity known as "ectopia cordis", in which part of the heart grows outside the chest. This condition affect for one person out of 8 million people in the world and nine patients out of 10 patients who affected this condition was dying in birth or after the first three days of birth.

But showing a miracle this baby girl survived after the unbelievable six-hour, open-heart surgery the day after Audrina's delivery conducted by multidisciplinary team of surgeons in Texas Children's Hospital,  where they reconstructed her chest cavity to make space for the one-third of her heart that was outside of her body.

Audrina wearing a pink chest shield made by doctors because the heart doesn’t protected by the breastplate and surrounding tissue and exposed to the outside world is very vulnerable to infections.
Cardenas's mother Ashley Cardenas told that she knew about her daughter's condition when she was 16 weeks pregnant.

"They gave me the option to terminate the pregnancy, continue with the pregnancy and do something called comfort care at the time of delivery, where instead of doing anything painful to her or do surgery they let you spend as much time with her until she passes, or opt for a high-risk surgery to help repair the heart. As soon as I made my decision to continue with the pregnancy, the physicians in Midland referred me to Texas Children's Hospital where a team of miracle workers provided the specialized treatment and care my baby and I both needed," she said. Further she articulated her gratitude for the team of doctors that worked determinedly to save her daughter's life.

This was a one incredible medical miracle happened in the world so far. You can see video of the baby's heart beating here.

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Top 10 Most Walkable Cities in the United States

10.Portland,OR

Population: 2.14 million
% commute by walking: 2.8%
% commute by mass transit: 5.9%
Average commute: 25.3 minutes
Number of parks: 39.5

09.Providence, RI

Population: 1.62 million
% commute by walking: 3.2%
% commute by mass transit: 2.5%
Average commute: 22.3 minutes
Number of parks: 54.2

08. Chicago, IL

Population: 7.9 million
% commute by walking: 3.2%
% commute by mass transit: 12.8%
Average commute: 33.7 minutes
Number of parks: 160

07. Philadelphia, PA

Population: 3.9 million
% commute by walking: 4.5%
% commute by mass transit: 12.1%
Average commute: 30.6 minutes
Number of parks: 36

06. Honolulu, HI

Population: 914,163
% commute by walking: 5.4%
% commute by mass transit: 8.3%
Average commute: 30.5 minutes
Number of parks: 46

05. Washington, DC

Population: 4.2 million
% commute by walking: 3.1%
% commute by mass transit: 11.3%
Average commute: 35.9 minutes
Number of parks: 106

04. Seattle, WA

Population: 2.5 million
% commute by walking: 3.2%
% commute by mass transit: 7.9%
Average commute: 30.1 minutes
Number of parks: 23

03. New York, NY

Population: 11.5 million
% commute by walking: 8.4%
% commute by mass transit: 42.4%
Average commute: 38 minutes
Number of parks: 242

02. Boston, MA

Population: 3.2 million
% commute by walking: 5%
% commute by mass transit: 12.5%
Average commute: 31 minutes
Number of parks: 29

01. San Francisco, CA

Population: 1.7 million
% commute by walking: 5.7%
% commute by mass transit: 18.2%
Average commute: 34.1 minutes
Number of parks: 71.4

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Amazing Hand Arts

Hand art has been created in a variety of ways: the artist may have used the hand on the rock as a stencil and spraying paint. With these the artist comes up with amazing designs. Look how realistically he has made the animals and others. This is simply amazing.

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