This week, cancer researchers in New York are one step closer to answering a question that has plagued medical and environmental advocates for decades: What is the role of plastic exposure in the development of cancer? Scientists at NYU Langone Health examined cancerous and benign tissues from 10 patients with prostate cancer, the most common … Read more
No bones about it — tiny shreds of plastic can cause big problems for health. Microplastics are particles, smaller than a grain of rice, that are found in everything from the toothpaste we use to the clothes we wear and even the food we eat. These minute shards that slough off larger plastic have been shown to harm … Read more
Surgeons are celebrating after successfully separating conjoined twins fused at the head. The twin girls, named Minal and Mirha, were born in Pakistan last year, sharing vital blood vessels and brain tissue that made a separation operation extremely high risk. Despite possible complications, the marathon 14-hour procedure was pulled off by UK neurosurgeon Professor Noor … Read more
In March, Dianne Stasi, a 67-year-old art director who lives in Nolita, opted for a product called Renuva instead of her usual injectables at the Park Avenue office of dermatologist Howard Sobel. “My regular filler only lasted four to six months, but they say this could last years,’’ she said of the procedure, which cost … Read more
A 5lb newborn boy with a life-threatening heart defect received a world-first partial heart transplant using living tissue that may never need to be replaced. North Carolina child Owen Monroe, who is now four months old, was born with his two main arteries — the aorta and pulmonary artery — fused together in a condition … Read more