Andrea Ybarra received one of the first “beating heart’ transplants at the UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. / Image Source: Associated Press Photo by Damian Dovarganes
Medical science has just taken a giant leap forward for patients awaiting heart transplants. In a nutshell, the human heart that can now continue to beat outside of the body. continue reading...
A French team has invented a prosthetic heart that may be able to replace the real thing in patients in need of heart transplants. The new device is not the first of its kind, but it may be the first with limited drawbacks. Further tests are required, but if all goes well this device could be available as early as 2013. Read more… continue reading...
According to Dr. Peter McCabe, a world-renowned scientist currently working at CSIRO in Australia, the world is not in an oil crisis. In fact, we have enough to last us at least the next thirty years. Same goes for coal and natural gas. This is despite recent increases in oil use throughout the world. Apparently, thirty years is more than enough time for us to wean off our oil dependency. No reason to panic, he says. But, unfortunately, with no reason to panic, we may think we also have no reason to act. Read more… continue reading...
