Doctors in Italy have implanted the world’s smallest artificial heart into a 16-month-old boy, keeping the the baby alive until a donor was located for a transplant. Even though the operation took place last month, it was just made public this week by the doctors at Rome’s Bambino Gesu hospital. The artificial heart kept the baby alive for 13 days before the transplant. ... read more »

What might be a dream come true for some teenage boys is a nightmare for parents. Parents dropping off their teens at Miami Beach Senior High’s prom Saturday night might have seen a bit more than they expected to as the site of the big dance, the Miami Beach Convention Center,  was  also hosting the ... read more »

A new study published in the May 21 issue of the journal Pediatrics suggests that the percentage of U.S. teens with diabetes is rising. The study found that the percentage of adolescents (12 to 19) with diabetes or prediabetes increased from 9 percent to 23 percent between 1999 and 2008. Prediabetes, like diabetes, is a ... read more »

A former FBI Supervisory special agent has been arrested and charged with distributing child pornography. The agent, Donald J. Sachtleben , had worked on such high profile terrorism and bombing cases as the Unabomber case, the Oklahoma City bombing, the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the 9/11 attacks, serving as a team leader on many investigations. ... read more »

A 28 year-old waiter in southern Egypt turned his own funeral into a celebration when he woke up during the proceedings, hours after having been declared dead. Hamdi Hafez al-Nubi (from the village of Naga al-Simman in the southern province of Luxor) suffered a heart attack while working, after which hospital officials pronounced him dead. According to his family, grieving relatives took the ... read more »

Aimee Copeland, 24, has already lost her left leg to a rare flesh-eating infection, and now it appears that she is likely to lose her hands and remaining foot, her family reports. The Gerogia student has shown some signs of recovery, however, so her family is staying optimistic. Andy Copeland, the woman’s father, said, “Aimee appears to have normal brain function at this time, ... read more »

Authorities report that five-month-old twins were found dead on the west side of Chicago this morning in the Little Village neighborhood. Police News Affairs Officer Laura Kubiak said that the babies, a boy and a girl named Julian and Giselle Romero , were found unresponsive by family members at about 10 a.m. inside their home. The Cook ... read more »

There apparently aren’t enough men in Australia, or at least “marriage quality” men, which has prompted the Catholic Church in Australia to suggest that women lower their expectations if they are serious about getting married. Father Tony Kerin of Melbourne said, “Are women getting too choosy? I’d say yes,” in an interview with the GlobalPost. He went on to say, ... read more »

A woman witnessed the death of her husband, an Army nurse serving in Afghanistan, during a video chat via Skype, the family said Friday. Pentagon officials said the death of Beaumont Army Medical Center Capt. Bruce Kevin Clark was under investigation so no details were immediately available. The El Paso Times quoted Beaumont spokesman Clarence Davis as saying that Clark’s  ... read more »

A principal at a small Arizona Charter high school and his secretary have lost their jobs after a student secretly filmed their intimate classroom encounter, according to local media reports. Stephen McClenning resigned from his post as principal of The Scholars Academy earlier this week, according to 3TV in Phoenix. The school is located in Quartzsite, Ariz., a town ... read more »

Generally the most offensive things involved with Dr. Seuss books are the words that parents are known to utter when they unsuccessfully try to complete the tongue twisters in “Fox in Socks,” but still the administrators from one Canadian school district have found a reason to ban a Dr. Seuss book. The Dr. Seuss’ classic ... read more »

It has been a long and rough road for reality TV stars Bill and Giuliana Rancic on their quest to start a family, but they may have finally settled on the correct path to parenthood for them. They have elected to enlist the aid of a gestational carrier to bring their first child into the ... read more »

The death of a 4-month-old baby girl who was apparently injured at an unlicensed day care facility has sparked an investigation by police and Illinois child welfare authorities. They are investigating allegations of abuse at the facility, according to officials. The Cook County medical examiner’s office reported that Anna Belle Chung, of Mount Prospect, Illinois, was ... read more »

If you were planning a risky, expensive and potentially ground-breaking mission to outer space, who would you want behind it? How about Academy Award winning filmmaker James Cameron, Google’s Larry Page and Eric Schmidt, billionaire Ross Perot Jr., X Prize founder Peter Diamandis and a collection of other incredible minds? That’s the potential team behind ... read more »

  An unnamed dean at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois is being investigated for allegedly sending a student inappropriate text messages, according to Lincolnshire police Chief Peter Kinsey. The chief said that the texts have been examined by police, who then forwarded information to the Lake County state’s attorney’s office for further review. He added that there ... read more »