Gaza: Birth of two-headed conjoined twins
The exceptional birth of conjoined twins surprised doctors at a hospital in the Gaza Strip. Their condition is critical.The phenomenon, ...
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4-year-old finds fetus in womb
A four-year-old Indian child has had the “fossilized” fetus of his twin removed from his womb. An extremely rare clinical ...
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Filipino teenager born with six limbs to have two kidnapped
Veronica Cominguez was born with two arms and two hands on her chest. His malformation is due to be operated ...
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Skin transplant: monozygotic twins can donate while alive according to new decree
A decree published in the Official Journal now regulates skin grafting between twins or monozygotic twins during their lifetime.Published in ...
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Twins are common but each Siamese has his specialty
The probability of having twins is 1 in 40. This means that there are more than 70,000,000 twins in the ...
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A very large burnt person saved thanks to his twin brother
A 33-year-old man, 95% burnt, was saved thanks to a skin transplant from his twin brother. A medical feat that ...
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Parasitic twin: a baby is born with a fetus in the stomach
A 7 cm human tissue cyst was extracted from the womb of a newborn baby. It was her twin, whose ...
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Siamese sisters: 11 hours of operation to separate Erin and Abby
Connected at the top of the skull, the Siamese sisters were successfully separated by American surgeons.For the first time, Abby ...
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Twins: natural childbirth better than cesarean section
When possible, vaginal delivery induces fewer complications than cesarean section in twin pregnancies.Neonatal mortality, that is, for infants less than ...
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Infections: Sleep deprivation harms the immune system
Researchers at the University of Washington have found that chronic sleep deprivation reduces immune defenses. A study of twins. Short ...
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Why are there more and more twins in the world?
© Getty ImagesThe statistics are clear: there are more and more twins in the world. Thus, approximately 1.6 million pairs ...
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Twins: induce childbirth at 37 weeks
To reduce the number of stillbirths, a group of obstetricians proposes to induce childbirth at 37 weeks maximum.Twin pregnancies should ...
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Microcephaly: the puzzle of the twins of Brazil
In Brazil, doctors report 6 cases of twins where only one of the two children has microcephaly. An enigma that ...
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IVF: twins are born two years apart
An English family celebrates the arrival of twins, conceived by IVF. Special feature: Oliver and Isaac were born two years ...
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Vietnam: twins from two fathers
A Vietnamese father discovered that one of his twins was not his, following a DNA test. Only ten similar cases ...
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Twins: why the birth boom worries doctors
In 40 years, the number of twin pregnancies has doubled. An increase perceived as a public health problem because these ...
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Multiple pregnancy: true or fraternal twins?
What do monozygotes and dizygotes mean?It's about the real and the fake twins but in scientific language, we are talking ...
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Twins: a biological father is also his son’s uncle
How to be both the biological father and the uncle of your son. This mystery called "chimera" challenged the entire ...
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Physical activity that benefits the brain
Physical exercise boosts the body and the brain. This is shown by a study carried out on 10 pairs of ...
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Unusual: a woman gives birth to twins … 3 months apart
© getty imagesIt is hard to believe it, yet it is true: in Kazakhstan, Liliya Konovalova (aged 29) gave birth ...
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Twins are born … each to a decade!
© GettyImagesIt only took 30 minutes to separate two American twins ... by a decade. At least, on their birth ...
Read more45-year-old woman finds twin in her ovary
A woman had her twin's "fossilized" fetus removed from her ovary. An extremely rare clinical case that is referred to ...
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Cesarean section does not increase the risk of autism
A large study highlights the difficulty of identifying the risk factors associated with autism. Cesarean is not one of them.Giving ...
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9 out of 10 Siamese babies are girls
Guinean Siamese babies have been separated at the Necker Hospital in Paris. This malformation, which is observed following twin pregnancies, ...
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Differentiating identical twins using their DNA is possible
British researchers have successfully differentiated the DNA of monozygotic twins. This discovery would make it possible to remove one of ...
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Embryo implantation error: who has custody of the twins?
The legal action of the biological parents whose embryos were implanted by mistake in another woman was rejected. The couple ...
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The oldest Siamese brothers in the world will celebrate their 63 years
Americans Ronnie and Donnie are the oldest Siamese brothers in the world. They will celebrate their 63th birthday in October, ...
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Twins: why favor vaginal birth
June 7, 2017. In the event of a twin pregnancy, it would be preferable to give birth, if possible, vaginally. ...
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Lyon: In utero surgery saves twins in 30 minutes
The Mother Child Hospital in Lyon offers innovative in utero surgery, coagulation of anastomoses by laser for twin pregnancies with ...
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Genes disrupt our sleep
Genes are believed to be largely responsible for sleep problems. Lifestyle is therefore not the only risk factor.Consuming exciting foods ...
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