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Dallas Wiens Full Face Transplant Update

Dallas Wiens Full Face Transplant Update

Medicine has progressed greatly in the past years. This marks the one-year anniversary of the world’s full face transplant on Dallas Wiens in Spain. Wiens, who hails from Texas, had all his facial features burned off by a high voltage electrical wire in November 2008. The image of Wiens after the accident was horrifying. There [...]

Guatemalans Sue US Over 1940′s Syphilis Infections

Guatemalans Sue US Over 1940′s Syphilis Infections

Foreign relations have often been a problem for the United States. What have we heard of Guatemala in the United States, other than the occasional friend or co-worker who goes there for a mission trip? The Cold War greatly affected the United States relations with Guatemala, which remains extremely underdeveloped even in the present. In [...]