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Girl Undergoes Rare Facial Reanimation Surgery, Restores Ability to Smile…at Cleveland Clinic
Girl Undergoes Rare Facial Reanimation Surgery, Restores Ability to Smile…at Cleveland Clinic
Nicole was born with unilateral congenital facial paralysis. The condition didn't allow her to move the right side of her face. (Courtesy: Carolina Gonzalez)
Tailor's bunion bunionette
Tailor's bunion bunionette
Tailor's bunion, also called a bunionette, is a prominence or boney enlargement of the fifth metatarsal bone at the base of the little toe. The metatarsals are the five long bones in each foot behind the toes.
Bahamian systems out of order
Bahamian systems out of order
We are on the home stretch to the 50th anniversary of independence, yet so much about our current state of affairs point to "systems out of order".
Kobe's drive
Kobe's drive
Witnessing the state some people live in drove Kobe Forbes to want to make a change to help. He knew that the only way to do it was to become successful. That "fueled" his drive to stay committed to his academic studies.
VASP and VA activities' responsibility
VASP and VA activities' responsibility
According to the International Association of Compliance (ICA), “the global virtual assets regulatory landscape is a patchwork of differing approaches, reflecting, in turn, the cultural, political and social differences of many different jurisdictions”.
Cleveland Clinic Performs First-In-World Full Multi-Organ Transplant to Treat Rare Appendix Cancer
Cleveland Clinic Performs First-In-World Full Multi-Organ Transplant to Treat Rare Appendix Cancer
Cleveland Clinic has successfully performed a first-in-the-world full multi-organ transplant to treat a patient with a rare form of appendix cancer called pseudomyxoma peritonei (PMP). Upon completion of the lifesaving transplant surgery, the patient received five digestive organs: liver, stomach, pancreas, duodenum, and small intestine.
Over-salted children
Over-salted children
According to the popular nursery rhyme, "little girls are made of sugar and spice and everything nice", but according to the Caribbean Association of Nutritionists and Dietitians (CANDi), many children may also be over-salted.
Monitoring vaccine adverse reaction reports
Monitoring vaccine adverse reaction reports
Continuing in our discussion on COVID vaccination and our children, the World Health Organization (WHO) defines an adverse drug reaction as "any response to a drug which is noxious and unintended, and which occurs at doses normally used in man for prophylaxis, diagnosis, or therapy of disease, or for the modification of physiological function."
PAHO: Stick to measures and flatten the curve
PAHO: Stick to measures and flatten the curve
THE Pan American Health Organization has again stressed that public health measures, including lockdowns, are the main tools for flattening the curve when there is a rise in COVID-19 cases.
Doctors chief: We can't sit and do nothing
Doctors chief: We can't sit and do nothing
WITH COVID-19 cases and deaths growing, the president of the Consultant Physicians Staff Association says modified restrictive measures may work, but "sitting around doing nothing is irresponsible".