PIERRE-PAUL THOMAS,68 BORN BLIND SEES FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER OPERATION

When Pierre-Paul Thomas was born blind 68 years ago, there was nothing medical science could do for him. Two years ago, the Montreal man fell down a flight of stairs, fracturing facial bones, including those around his eye sockets. During the recuperation process at Montreal General Hospital, plastic surgeon Lucie Lessard asked a casual question: “Do you want us to fix your eyes, too?” Two simple cataract removal operations later, Thomas could see. Though he’s still adjusting to changing his fingertip sense memory to visuals, Thomas is thrilled to be in an amazing new world. “It’s like I’m a child all over again,” he said.

Top 11 Natural Foods For Detox

Our bodies have a natural detox system that gets rid of toxins that it accumulates from foods and the environment. There is a lot of debate about whether or not our natural detox system can still get rid all of the toxins in our bodies, because today we are exposed to many toxins on a daily basis. Many people feel that helping our body do its natural job is an important way to maintain good health, and it is hard to argue with that. Following are some 11 natural foods for detox that you can use to help your body eliminate toxins.

1. Apples - It turns out that the expression ‘an apple a day keeps the doctor away’ has a lot of truth behind it. Research has shown that apples are excellent at detoxifying the body; even apple juice that is store bought can help eliminate viruses in the body.

Apples contain a fiber called pectin, and pectin is known to help clear out heavy metals in our body that we accumulate from our foods and environment. In addition, it is known for helping rid intestinal parasites, treating skin problems, aiding in inflammation of the bladder, and preventing liver issues.

Stress less: Ginger tea is the answer to all your worries

If your stomach is churning with worry, the answer could be ginger.
Stomach acid is crucial to human digestion and when we’re stressed its production can break down.
Dietician Alice Mackintosh says, ‘Ginger can help as it stimulates the taste buds, triggering digestive secretions.

Ginger has a number of health benefits and even a whiff can lift your mood

'Hot water with a slice of lemon and chopped ginger is an excellent way to stimulate digestion.
‘Ginger contains a potent antioxidant, gingerol, which helps cleanse the harmful chemicals our bodies produce when we’re worried, so ginger can help psychological stress too.’
The drinks is also great at uplifting one's mood and can banish all negative feelings.
Packed with antioxidants, it has a whole range of health benefits so is the perfect Winter warmer.

 

THE BENEFITS OF GINGER TEA

1. Impedes Motion Sickness: Have a quick cup before traveling to keep the sickness and headaches at bay

5YR OLD GIRL WHO CAN'T CHOCOLATE BECAUSE IT WILL POISON HER

Girl, 5, who can't eat chocolate because it would poison her hoping double organ transplant will change her life

• Girl on diet of sausages and toast as it's 'safest food' for her

The parents of a little girl who can't eat chocolate are hoping a double organ transplant will change her life. 

Lola Raine suffers from a rare kidney and liver disease which means just a sliver of the sweet stuff would cause her potassium levels to rise, poisoning her body and leaving her in a critical condition. 

Her sister Nicole, aged ten, was born with the same illness and is now healthy and well after a kidney and liver transplant. Now Lola is in line for the same operation. 

Lola (pictured with mother Natalie, left) can't cope with a variety of foods including chocolate. Her older sister Nicole (who she is pictured with, right) had the same issue until she had a double organ transplant

BIODUN OLADEJI-When they see me they cry for help

Abandoned Abiodun cries for help

“People see me and run away, I am dying gradually”

Seeing this young man at first sight, one would be tempted to conclude that he is blind. But that is far from the truth, he is only suffering from an illness that he cannot exactly say what it is. Abiodun Oladeji who was 28 three months ago hails from Akure, Ondo State. His case becomes more pathetic as it was discovered that he lost his father a year ago. He also told our reporter that his mother also died 10 years ago.

Timothy Brown, The First Man To be Cured Of AIDS: AIDS Is No More Incurable.

The fact that Timothy Brown is a reasonably healthy 46-year-old is no small thing. Only a few years ago, he had AIDS. “I feel good,” Brown told ABC News. “I haven’t had any major illnesses, just occasional colds like normal people.”

Brown is the only person in the world to be cured of AIDS, the result of a transplant of blood stem cells he received to treat leukemia.

“My case is the proof in concept that HIV can be cured”, he said.

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!25% Of Drugs Consumed In Nigeria Are Fake...World Health Organisation

The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that about 25 percent of medicines consumed in some developing countries, including Nigeria, are counterfeit or substandard.

Painting the stark scenario at a seminar in Lagos, Lekan Asuni, President of the Association of Nigerian Representatives of Overseas Pharmaceutical Manufacturers (NIROPHARM), described the situation as a global challenge requiring swift counter-measures.

He said that drug counterfeiting exposes consumers to dangerous and ineffective products and retailers to reduced consumer demand and profits.

"It reduces scales of operation and erodes profit (for manufacturers)," he said.

Transplant girl, 1, returns home after four months being kept alive on series of mechanical hearts

• Heart stopped day after operation and she went into cardiac arrest
• Llana Qazi had to stay in hospital for another three months
• She spent her first birthday in isolation

A baby girl who waited months for a heart transplant has finally been allowed to return home.
Twelve-month-old Llana Qazi was diagnosed last October and then kept alive by five different mechanical hearts because doctors in Tyneside could not keep her stable.
Her family faced an agonised four-month wait until Llana was operated on at the end of February.

Terrifying: Llana Qazi relied on a series of mechanical hearts to keep her alive after doctors found she had a murmur on her heart

Complications during surgery meant it was then another three months before she was reunited with her anxious parents and siblings at their home in South Shields.

The little boy who was born with no eyes (but loves playing with a torch because he can still sense the light)

Doctors found he had an eye under the skin on his left socketThey cannot remove skin because the eye underneath has no lensHis parents hope he will be able to have an artificial eye fitted once he is 16

This is the boy who was born with no eyes, but is heartbreakingly happy when shining a torch at his face.Since he was eight months old, Marwanijun has been flashing light at the socket where his left eye should be.
Now doctors in China have discovered that he has an eye under the skin there - but it is too sensitive to ever be exposed.

Searchlight: Marwanijung shines a torch at his eyes as his mother Salamu holds him protectively

The boy's parents were devastated when their son was born with only smooth skin in the sockets where his eyes should be.

Teenager, 16, enjoys her first prom after a series of operations to correct her face shape

A teenage girl who was born with a severely disfigured face was the belle of the ball at her first school prom after a lifetime of operations to give her a stunning smile.
Katie Meehan, 16, was born with cystic hygroma, a condition where fluid forms a mass on the head and neck, which left her with a mis-shapen face and an enlarged tongue.
Doctors feared Katie, from Fellgate, Jarrow, would never talk and £60,000 was raised by well-wishers for a series of operations to change her life.

Pretty in pink: Katie Meehan, 16, has enjoyed her first school prom after a lifetime of operations to give her a smile

Islamic holy man and his wife are jailed for mutilating the genitals of their four daughters

Victims sob in court as parents are led away

• Minister brands female circumcision a 'grave crime

An Islamic holy man and his wife have been jailed for the genital mutilation of their four daughters.
The case has shocked France and was branded by a female government minister as a 'grave crime' and an 'intolerable affront to women's dignity.'
All four of the victims, now aged between 11 and 20, were in court to hear the sentence and wept and cried out as their parents were led away from the dock.

ALL ABOUT STRETCH MARKS

Stretch marks are quite frustrating. They can appear anywhere on your body and unfortunately, cannot always be covered up with clothes and most creams and topical treatments do not fulfill what they promise. So what are these little road maps that are on many of our bodies and what can be done about them?
Stretch marks, also known as striae, are most commonly found on the upper arms, thighs, buttocks, breasts, and abdomen and are normally pink, reddish, purple, or white in color. Though stretch marks are normally thought to appear on pregnant women (when their tummies grow larger, stretching their skin in addition to their hormones changing), anyone can get stretch marks and many factors can depend on this.  They are caused by a literal stretching of the skin combined with an increase in cortisone, which is a hormone formed by the adrenal glands. According to the Mayo Clinic, “cortisone may weaken elastic fibers in the skin,” hence causing stretch marks to appear.

Top 5 Best Acne Remedies to Help You Get Rid of Acne

We know you’ve come to Acne Skin Site to find quick acne remedies. We have plenty of information available to help you regarding what types of acne there are, how to treat it, and how to avoid it. If you’re browsing quickly, we’ve conveniently listed what we’ve found to be the 5 best ways to get rid of acne. These are treatments that you can use in the comfort of your own home without having to fill out expensive prescriptions.
Here they are, the five best home acne treatments in no particular order. Find out which ones work for you:
1.   Toothpaste

This classic treatment is probably one of the most famous acne remedies that you can try. This is for two reasons. First, it works. Second, it’s inexpensive and you can do it in less than 5 minutes.  For years, people have been spot treating with toothpaste to help get rid of acne. There are some things to remember though when you decide to treat your acne with toothpaste. Toothpaste is most effective when spot treating. This means, it should be used on isolated pimples. If you get a big, painful pimple on an irregular basis, you can apply a tiny bit of toothpaste to it to assist in the drying out process.
If you suffer from more severe acne, applying a large amount of toothpaste over a wide area is not recommended. The active ingredient in toothpaste that helps combat your acne is sulfur. This is what causes the drying out of acne, particularly whiteheads. Applying it to large sections of your face can cause redness and a possible burning sensation. Use toothpaste sparingly.
Also, make sure to use standard toothpaste. Brands that advertise things like “Tartar Control” or “Whitening” contain additional ingredients that can have undesired effects, such as a more pronounced burning sensation.
Apply less than a pea sized bit of toothpaste to an individual pimple and see results by the next day.

Elton John Hospitalized for "Serious" Respiratory Infection

Elton John is on the mend.
The 65-year-old music legend is recovering from a "serious" respiratory infection that led to a Wednesday hospitalization at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai, John's rep confirms to Us Weekly.

Falling ill during a May 20 performance at The Colosseum in Las Vegas -- where he has staged his "Million Dollar Piano" concerts since May 4 -- John's respiratory infection worsened in subsequent days despite

My husband had an affair while I battled cancer and i was punished for it

Sitting on a steel bench in a cell, my bandaged right hand throbbing in pain, I am listening to the charges being read out against me and wondering how on earth my life has spiralled so out of control.
I’m a respectable 50-year-old mother-of-two. I’m so law-abiding, I don’t even cross the road until the little green man tells me to. I’ve got a good job, a family and responsibilities. Right now, I should be sitting in Winchester Cathedral listening to my daughter playing clarinet in her school Christmas carol concert.
Instead, I have just spent three hours in the Accident and Emergency department of my local hospital having my hand stitched up.

Before the storm: Tessa with Richard and her daughters, Elise (left) and Ellen, years before his affair

Janet Jackson speaks out about her dramatic weight loss - and insists she did it the healthy way

Janet Jackson has spoken about her dramatic weight loss, revealing she never weighs herself and still eats caramel apples, her favourite food.
The 46-year-old pop icon said that after years of yo-yo dieting, she is finally the size she wants to be, but is no longer a slave to the scale.
The singer told People magazine: 'I don't know how much weight I've lost, only because I stay away from the scale. 'I don't think [stepping on the scale] is healthy.'

Svelte and slender: Janet Jackson, 46, said that after years of yo-yo dieting, she is finally the size she wants to be, but is no longer a slave to the scale

She explained: 'You're setting yourself up to fail and women's bodies fluctuate every month - certain times of the month in particular - we bloat a great deal.'

Miracle twins born red raw 15 WEEKS premature go home fit and healthy after being treated in six different hospitals

Twin boys who were born with a combined weight of less than three-and-a-half pounds have defied the odds to survive thanks to modern medicine.
George and Harrison Kent were 15 weeks premature, suffered numerous health problems including twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, and were treated in six different hospitals.
Doctors feared they would not survive, but five months after their birth the pair have gone home to Bocking in Essex weighing a healthy 7lb 11oz and 7lb 14oz. 

Double trouble: Stuart and Melanie Kent with their twins Harrison (left) and George. The twins were born 15 weeks early

Their mother Melanie, 25, said: 'They are my little miracles. They will be strong little fighters.'
Nursery nurse Melanie, and her husband Stuart, 26, who is a British Gas engineer, discovered they were expecting identical twins in August.
But at 16 weeks, doctors said they were suffering twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, with Harrison taking too much blood from George which could have stopped his brother growing. 

50 Cent admitted to hospital for surgery

He's meant to be the king of cool.
But being admitted to hospital for surgery appears to have made 50 Cent a little delusional.
The rapper, real name Curtis Jackson, tweeted a picture of himself surrounded by stuffed animals - including a giraffe, elephant and lion - wearing a hospital gown on his sickbed.

Get well soon: 50 Cent tweets a photo of himself in hospital surrounded by toys