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A physician and neuroscientist who studies how anesthesia affects the brain; a leader in aerospace engineering, policy, and education; and the founding head of MIT’s Department of Biological Engineering have been awarded MIT’s highest faculty honor: the title of...

Dr Stuart Lavery, consultant of reproductive medicine at University College Hospital in London, said: "People are understandably using this technology to try to get a greater understanding, and to try and pick up things as early as possible because...

Carla Cressy worked as a model from the age of five until she was 17, but kept collapsing on shoots. "It was really embarrassing and I couldn't do it anymore," she says.From the age of 13, when she started...

From his wheelchair, 71-year-old Ken Sternfeld spends several hours a week building his strength with the help of an aide.The retired New York pharmacist and his wife, Ronnie Sternfeld, who is also medically challenged, get...

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An operation nearly 20 years ago left Donna Davies in constant pain but she only felt believed by medics after her husband spoke up.Donna, 56, now requires her large bowel to be removed because of her vaginal mesh medical...

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Wentworth, who describes himself as "queer and disabled", has recently had a series of urological problems. He says doctors often attribute his symptoms to his cerebral palsy first, rather than attempting to properly diagnose issues."The thing is, disabled people...

Taylor Farms on Friday said it is "voluntarily removing" iceberg lettuce sourced from central Mexico after it was linked to one of the largest outbreaks of cyclosporiasis in the U.S. in recent years. "While the FDA traceback is...