Rabu, 21 Juli 2010

Amazing!!! BLACK Nigerian couple gives birth to a complete WHITE offspring...

By Ken
This is really amazing!!!! What a life right? Whta do you think about this?
A black couple from Nigeria, living in Britain, recently stunned everyone when the wife gave birth to a white, blue eyed, blonde baby girl.

The father, Benjamin Ihegboro, admitted he was shocked when he first saw his baby. He said he asked his wife if the baby, who was named Nmachi, meaning “beauty of God,” was his. He later said he was joking, of course, and knew she was his. “Even if she wasn’t” , he said, “she wouldn’t look like this!” Mom Angela said, “She is beautiful, a miracle baby.”
The doctor who delivered little Nmachi, says she is not an albino, as some have suggested. She doesn’t have the white hair and pink eyes, traditional traits of albinos. Benjamin and Angela Ihegboro, have two other children, who are dark skinned like their parents.
Genetic experts in London are baffled by the birth. One such expert, Professor Bryan Sykes, head of human genetics at Oxford University, exclaimed, “ The birth is extraordinary…In mixed race humans, the lighter variant of skin tone may come out in a child and this can sometimes be startlingly different to the skin of the parents.”

Selasa, 20 Juli 2010

Woman with multiple wombs 'pregnant with two babies who are not twins'

By Ken
The 34 year-old has a rare condition known as uterus didelphys, which means she has two uteruses.

Mrs Cromar, from Murray, near Salt Lake City, Utah, has been told she is a boy and a girl. They are not twins and are due at different times.
Medical experts say the chance of conceiving in both uteruses is about one in five million.
Less than 100 people in the world are known to have given birth to babies that are not twins.
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True or Not? Women are 'at their most beautiful' at 31

By Ken
Now this is one of those facts debates put out for discussions. lol. What do you think? 
" The findings, from a survey of the opinions of over 2,000 men and women, found that beauty was as much rooted in personality as appearance".
When asked when women are at their most attractive, more people picked 31 than any other age.
Well its up to you.

Salad Spinner Centrifuge: A Cheap, Ingenious Health Care Tool

By Ken
We already know that we need to eat plenty of leafy greens to stay healthy, but who knew that a salad spinner itself could help save lives?

As we learn from EurekAlert, Rice University undergraduates Lila Kerr and Lauren Theis were presented with an assignment in their Introduction to Bioengineering and World Health class. As Theis explains:
"We were essentially told we need to find a way to diagnose anemia without power, without it being very costly and with a portable device."
In a solution short on cost but long on ingenuity, the duo modified a basic, every day salad spinner into an easy to use and transport centrifuge that successfully separates blood to allow diagnosis of anemia with no electricity. The device costs about $30, can process 30 individual 15 microliter blood samples at a time, and can separate blood into its component red cells and plasma in about 20 minutes.
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Props: Yahoo


Kamis, 01 Juli 2010

Wow... Meet the girl who must eat every 15 minutes to stay alive

By Ken 
Her name is Lizzie Velasquez and she weighs just four stones and has almost zero percent body fat but get this -- she is not anorexic.
Miss Velasquez has a rare condition which prevents her from gaining weight even though she eats up to 60 small meals a day.
"I weigh myself regularly and if I gain even one pound I get really excited," said 5ft 2 ins Miss Velasquez, who wears size triple zero clothes.
She was born four weeks prematurely weighing just 2lb 10oz. Doctors found there was minimal amniotic fluid protecting her in th
"However Lizzie is lucky to have healthy teeth, organs and bones so the outlook is good. We will continue to study her case and learn from her." Miss Velasquez has helped to write a book about her incredible experiences.
It is due to be released in September.
Can you believe that?
-telegraph-