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Seeing how you actually look at work has become a day-to-day reality for millions of workers using video platforms such as Zoom and Skype. And according to Business Insider, that's led to a great leap in the demand for cosmetic surgery. After looking at themselves in screens, more people are opting for face and neck lifts, cosmetic dentistry and hair restoration. A London clinic has reported a fivefold increase in bookings. Another surgical clinic in north-west England said the demand was 'crazy.' It's not necessarily just about vanity, though. For many, appearing attractive, youthful, and well-groomed is a key element of their professional toolkit. Not only that, working at home makes it far easier to deal with the sometimes unsightly recuperation period.
Nobody in their right mind would want appendicitis, but a new study says there is a way to have a fighting chance of avoiding surgery for it. Researchers from the University of Washington School of Medicine found 7 in 10 appendicitis patients treated with antibiotics ultimately avoid surgery. Of 1,552 participants from 14 states, about 71% of those who took antibiotics did not have surgery within three months. What's more, UPI reports participants in the antibiotic group missed about 3 1/2 fewer days of work. With surgery, the appendix is fully removed. But with antibiotics, appendicitis can return. The researchers next want to study the frequency of reoccurrence.
The Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood has hailed frontman Sir Mick Jagger as a "medical marvel" following his recovery from heart valve replacement surgery.
Yes, this is a human ear growing on a human arm. Plastic surgeon Guo Shuzhong conducted one of the world's first successful ear to arm transplant operations on Wednesday, giving his patient the hope that he will be able to hear again from an ear made of his own flesh. His patient, Mr. Ji, lost his ear in the traffic accident and felt 'incomplete'. Due to the tree-step operation, he may be able to hear again with an artificial one, if it can be successfully re-attached to his head. The ear was made out of the patient's rib cartilage and then planted on his right arm at a hospital in Xi'an, China. It may be only 4 months before Mr. Ji has his ear again.
One Indian man had such a strong craving for knives that he ate 40 of them over a period of two months. Eventually, the pain in his stomach grew unbearable and he began to lose lots of weight, he decided to go to the hospital in Amritsar, India. The man, a policeman named Surjeet Singh, absolutely baffled the doctors when an ultrasound revealed his medical condition - the 40 knives that he had swallowed were still just lying in his gut.