Kellie Lim lost both legs and an arm as a child of 8. She is graduating from UCLA’s medical school this Friday.
The 26-year-old Michigan native became a triple amputee at age 8 because of bacterial meningitis. She does not use a prosthetic arm and manages to perform most medical procedures—including giving injections and taking blood—with [...]
Archive for May, 2007
An Ambulance in the Air
Posted by: RK in Accidents, Emergencies, General, International - Other, Medical AttentionOftentimes I used to find myself wondering: How prepared am I for an unexpected situation that demands immediate and expert medical attention? And what if that kind of help is not available locally? And what if a loved one travelling outside the US falls chronically sick or is injured and must be flown back [...]
Cash works and nothing works like cash. And, invariably, we find ourselves in situations where only cash works. I’ve seen signs and decals proclaiming “No checks” or “No credit cards accepted”, but I’m yet to see a sign that says, “We don’t accept cash.”
Today, where everything from coffee to communications is instant, instant cash makes [...]
Greenpeace exists because this fragile earth deserves a voice. It needs solutions. It needs change. It needs action.
Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning organisation that acts to change attitudes and behaviour, to protect and conserve the environment and to promote peace by:
Catalysing an energy revolution to address the number one threat facing our planet: [...]
Psychologists believe that everyone has a mind’s eye of their body image. It’s not usual for people to be oblivious to certain flaws in their physique – whether they were born with it or it was the outcome of an unfortunate incident. It is also a general consensus that when the body and the mind’s [...]
According to their web site, “Blog Catalog is the premiere blog directory on the internet”. Quite a boast you might think, but BlogCatalog are certainly creating a buzz in the social networking circle.
I realized some time ago the benefits of using social networking sites like BlogCatalog, and am beginning to understand the best advertisement for [...]
You wouldn’t be reading this if you had not even remotely considered giving up drugs. Perhaps you have already undergone a major detoxification process, which allows the body to remove all traces of the abused substance. That’s good—you have just overcome the physical obsession. But what about the psychological desire that keeps haunting you?
This [...]
You’ve always wanted to show the world the image you’ve always wanted. Thankfully, expert cosmetic surgery and procedures the facial plastic surgery, liposuction, tummy tucks and many more are now within reach.
The question that then confronts a would-be patient is how to choose a cosmetic surgeon. Do you go by hearsay, or by the [...]

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