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Surgeon who accidentally removed baby’s bladder found guilty

The surgeon who accidentally removed the bladder of a baby during surgery has been found guilty of misconduct by the General Medical Council.
Dr. Pierina Kapur, a consultant pediatric surgeon, was found guilty of professional misconduct by the General Medical Council (GMC) this week.
Dr. Kapur, 43, operated on Baby A in October 2008, after the seven-week-old [...]

Sexual health clinics to be set up in Liverpool and Wirral secondary schools

Sexual health clinics are planned to open up in secondary schools in Liverpool and Wirral, offering pregnancy tests, morning-after pills, and other health advice.
England plans to expand clinics to secondary schools in Liverpool and Wirral, but family planning campaigners are calling the move “counter-productive.”
The expansion is part of the “extended schools” program began by the [...]

Second ‘pregnant man’ in world to give birth next month

Scott Moore, the world’s second ‘pregnant man’, is expecting his first baby next month with his transgender husband.
Scott Moore, 30, and his partner, Thomas, have a somewhat unique arrangement. Legally married to each other in California, they are expecting their first child, Miles, next month.
Both Scott and Thomas were born female but have since had [...]

Kerry Katona Says Goodbye to Her Kids for Two Weeks to Attend a Weight Loss Camp

The mother of four Kerry Katona had an emotional goodbye with her kids yesterday as she leaves them for two weeks in an attempt to shed three stone in two weeks.
The former Actomic Kitten singer is once again attempting to shed the weight she has gained. Kerry has admitted to paying £15,000 for liposuction and [...]

Oklahoma Youngsters Become Blood Brothers Through Kidney Transplant

Ashton Owens and Brandon Harmon live miles apart in Oklahoma, but they became blood brothers nine days ago when they each received a kidney donated by the grieving family of a third Oklahoma family.  That family faced the death of their son on Christmas Day.
During the middle of a rare Christmas blizzard, both Ashton’s and [...]

Christmas Miracle Surgery for Baby with No Jaw Bone and No Parents

Christmas is a time of miracles, and so it was for a two-week-old baby boy born with virtually no jaw bone.
According to the Star-Telegram, baby Don was born with Pierre Robin sequence.  This birth defect is characterized by a small lower jaw, a cleft palate and a tongue that balls up in the back of [...]

Duggar Family Update: Josie Doing As Well As Can Be Expected

Michelle Duggar reports to PEOPLE that her 19th baby, Josie Brooklyn, remains hospitalized at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock.
“Josie is doing as well as can be expected for a baby at her age.  We are taking each hour as it comes,” said Michelle.  “We feel so blessed that God [...]

Teenagers offered birth control pill without prescription

Teenage girls in inner-city London will be able to acquire birth control pills without prescription in a new NHS pilot program.
Three pharmacies in inner-city London’s Southwark and Lambeth — areas known to have some of the highest teenage pregnancy rates — are set to participate in an NHS pilot program that offers birth control pills without prescription, [...]

Oklahoma Baby Thrives After New Esophagus Surgery

Daniela Cruz is thriving after University of Oklahoma surgeons used a new surgical technique to repair her esophagus.  She was born with a congenital birth defect known as esophageal atresia.  Her upper esophagus failed to connect with her lower esophagus, but rather her airway or windpipe.
Daniela was born on November 4, and her parents quickly [...]

Conjoined twins separated, out of comas and ‘neurologically sound’

The conjoined twins separated in Australia have both come of out of their comas, their prognosis ‘really really good’.
It took two years of planning, a 16-member medical team, 25 hours of separation surgery, and six hours of reconstructive surgery, but previously conjoined twins Krishna and Trishna are now separated. Both girls are “neurologically sound” after [...]

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