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Threatened butterfly vanishes from Florida refuge

For more than a year, Bahia Honda State Park biologist Jim Duquesnel traversed the nature sanctuary with two hopes. He wanted to see a Miami blue butterfly and rid the Florida Keys outpost of as many iguanas ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Transplant tourism poses ethical dilemma for US doctors

A recent case study by doctors at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York examined the ethical issues posed by transplant tourism, an offshoot of medical tourism, which focuses solely on transplantation surgery. Many American transplant ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jan 26, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Diamond mining is not forever, SAfrica learns

The glittering diamonds are almost gone and as the lustre fades on South Africa's Diamond Coast, desperate ghost towns are left clinging to the last signs of life.

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 23, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 4

Obtaining kidney transplants abroad carries certain medical risks

People traveling to other countries to receive kidney transplants experience more severe post-transplant complications with a higher incidence of acute rejection and severe infections, according to a study appearing in the ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 15, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Region hit hard by 1993 floods showed economic resiliency, study indicates

With the first wave of clean-up efforts behind them, residents of communities affected by this year's Midwest floods may find hope in a University of Illinois study on the economic impact of the 1993 flood that devastated ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jul 24, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

U.S. patients find surgery deals overseas

U.S. patients are increasingly going overseas for big savings on major surgeries, the American Medical Association said.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 30, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0


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