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How Did Organ Trafficking Scheme Go Unnoticed?

ProPublica Region: United States

 by Emily Witt, ProPublica The arrest of Levy Izhak Rosenbaum, the Brooklyn resident charged last month with acting as a "matchmaker" for buyers and sellers of human organs, spotlights the issue of live donor ... more

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TogetherGreen Fellows Announced

TogetherGreen Region: United States

Want to learn more about those getting involved in creating a brighter, healthier future? TogetherGreen wants you to meet the Fellows who will shape tomorrow, creating a positive environmental change. Awarded by the new co... more

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Cornea Transplants -Corneal Transplantation Surgical Proceedure

Picincu Andra Region: United States

Corneal transplantation, known as corneal grafting or penetrating keratoplasty,represents a surgical procedure performed by ophthalmologists, that includes the replacement of a damaged or diseased cornea, the clear part of... more

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Experimental Implants May Be Answer for Lazy Eye

Finding Dulcinea Region: United States

Posted by Cara McDonough to findingDulcinea Implantable lenses may work as a last-ditch effort at preventing blindness in children with lazy eyes that were diagnosed too late. The implantable lenses are the same kind tha... more

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Beware of the Ten Prettiest - But Most Poisonous - Plants

Mara Bateman Region: United States

Some of the prettiest plants can be dangerous if their flowers or leaves are eaten or they come into contact with the skin or eyes.  Acute inflammation of the skin is caused by contact with such poisonous plants. ... more

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Recognizing the symptoms of a lumpectomy

Picincu Andra Region: United States

Lumpectomy represents the removal of the breast tumor (the "lump") among with the normal tissue that surrounds it, used as a form of "breast-conserving" or "breast preservation" surgery. It can be considered a partial mast... more

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The Truth About Houseplants: They Don't Make Indoor Air Clean

Mara Bateman Region: United States

Some scientists at the United States National Air and Space Agency (NASA), looking for ways to cleanse the air in hermetically sealed space capsules, have touted houseplants as indoor air cleaners. However, environmental e... more

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Tags: NASA , Houseplant , Air , Plants
 

DOES MAN EATER PLANT EXSIST ?

Ranveer Vikram Region: India

Corpse flower scientific name of which is Amorphophallus Titanum is the world's largest flower.When it blooms it reaches a height over 9 feet.This flower has the most pungent smell .The smell is mixture of rotting flesh & ... more

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Tags: FLOWER , PLANTS
 

Scheme to pay for breast implants goes awry

Betty McMahon Region: Colorado

A young man in Fountain, Colorado hired two men to kill his mother. But it was for a good cause. He felt this was the best way he could get money to pay for his girlfriend's breast implants. Lucky for mom, her son's ins... more

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Build Your Own Water Garden

Betty McMahon Region: New Mexico

If  the idea of a tranquil woodland pond in your own back yard appeals to you, go ahead and create one! With materials available today, in about a month you could have a peaceful water garden, reflecting billowy white... more

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