Isobel Varley has spent the last 20 years (500 hours) tattooing her body and according to her website she is in the Guinness Book of Records as the most 'World's most senior tattooed woman'.
'I got my first ever tattoo in 1986 at 49 years old. Originally, I was only ever going to have one - a small bird - but I fell in love with it, and developed an addiction.'......
Blood Donors are desperately needed at this time of year …
THE WELSH BLOOD SERVICE WILL BE AT THE FUNCTION ROOM
Michael Sobell Sports Centre, Aberdare
On Tuesday 9th December 2008
10.00am – 4.30pm
BLOOD STOCK LEVELS ARE LOW PRESENTLY – DUE TO COLDS & FLU & ALL THE EXTRA SUPPORT WOULD BE REALLY APPRECIATED GIVE SOMEONE......
This X-ray shows how, during a fall, a car key penetrated the eyelid of 17-month-old Nicholas Holderman of Kentucky, reaching his brain. While doctors initially believed that the object had ruptured Nicholas' eyeball, another team of specialists later confirmed that the boy had sustained no permanent damage.......
From Ananova:
Doctors in China are trying to treat a four-year-old boy whose heart is growing on the outside of his stomach.
Zhang Weiyuan's heart is covered in only a layer of skin under which it can easily be seen beating, reports the Northeastern News Network.
Zhang, of Hetai village, Panjing, has been taken to Shengjing Hospital, China Medical University, where doctors are weighing up their options.
"We are not sure if we can perform surgery to put his heart back, but we'll try our best," said a hospital......
An Australian woman who was undergoing stomach surgery, woke up halfway through but was unable to alert doctors.
Rebecca Jones, 24, said she could feel every cut of the surgeon's knife during the operation last month but was unable to scream or open her eyes. She was able to move a hand but the movement was ignored.
She is considering legal action.......
A San Francisco artist, who lost an eye in a 2005 car accident, wants to replace her missing eye with a Web cam, and experts think it could be possible.
"There have been all sorts of cyborgs in science fiction for a long time, and I'm sort of a sci-fi geek," said [Tanya] Vlach, 35. "With the advancement of technology, I thought, 'Why not?'"......
Enjoy a Refreshing Early Swim at your local Aberdare Swimming Pool.
Swimmers who like to make an early start to their day can head for Aberdare Pool, where Early Bird swimming sessions are now available. The sessions are every weekday from 6.30am-9am and cost £2.25 for adults, with discounts available.
Little Dippers swimming sessions for parents and babies are also being held on Mondays from 5pm-6pm and Fridays from 11.45am to 12.45pm.
Health suite opening times at the pool are now :
Monday: Female only 9.30am-3.45pm; male only 4pm-9.30pm
Tuesday: Male 9am-1pm; female 3pm-9.30pm
Wednesday: Female 9.30am-3.45pm; male 4pm-9.30pm
Thursday: Male 9am-1pm; female 3pm-9.30pm
Friday: Mixed 9.30am-2.45pm; male 2.45pm-9.30pm
Saturday: Mixed 9.30am-3.45pm
Sunday: Male 8am-1pm
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Anyone for brain piercing? The aim of this extremely dangerous procedure is to invoke a feeling of euphoria by drilling small holes in your skull and then passing a metal ring through your brain tissue.
The whole procedure is carried under an anesthesia and after the ring is passed, it does not cause any pain. If you can find someone to do the procedure you can expect to pay around......
Last week we learnt about a man suing a hospital for having his penis amputated, this week the man suing for having his butt stapled......
A man is suing a hospital after he awoke from a procedure without his penis.
Philip Seaton, 61, went to have a circumcision last October as part of
treatment for a medical condition. Seaton said when he woke up from the
procedure, he realized his penis had been amputated.
Seaton has suffered mental anguish, pain, and has lost the enjoyment of life, according to the lawsuit.
I think most men would agree with that.
The hospital say that during the procedure they found cancer and removed the penis even though the patient had only given consent for a circumcision. Link (video......
For anyone serious about exercising in the privacy and comfort of your own home, a home multi gym is an absolute must.
A multi gym is a piece of exercise equipment designed so the user can do multiple and different exercises on one machine in less time than it takes to workout on multiple exercise machines. The multi gym comes in many different variations, offers different forms of resistance and takes up far less room than the whole host of other equipment you’d need to perform the various exercises.
According to the Sporting Goods Manufacturing Association, home multi gym use has grown by a massive 80 percent since 1987 and with the huge array of machines now available, there’s really no excuse why you can’t cancel the gym membership and start working out at home....
If you are not a fan of going to the dentist, you should be grateful that you don't have to go to one of these....
Doctors in Colombia are trying to determine how an 11-month-old baby is already the weight of an average eight-year-old.
He has had several medical examinations carried out which suggest he may have a problem with his endocrine system. A cardiogram test has shown that he has the bones of an eight-year-old boy.
More photos here....
Definitely not one for the squeamish....
A secondary school in Thailand's impoverished north-east has three sets of toilets. One for the boys, one for the girls and one for the boys who want to be girls.
The headteacher, Sitisak Sumontha, estimates that in any year between 10% and 20% of his boys consider themselves to be transgender.
"They used to be teased every time they used the boys' toilets," he said, "so they started using the girls' toilets instead. But that made the girls feel uncomfortable. It made these boys unhappy, and started to affect their work."
The introduction of the new toilets was welcomed by the transgender boys, who must wear boys' uniforms, but can use feminine accessories. [Link w/ video]...
10 facts about you that you may not know including 'your skin has four colours' and 'your body position affects your memory'. [via]...
How Stuff Works discusses. Self-Immolation and being covered in sulphuric acid rank up there. [via]...
A baby in China has had an extra penis removed from his back. The child was born with the extra penis in Tianjin Childrens' Hospital in China's Henan province and was a result of fetus in fetu.
Doctors, who spent over three hours removing the extra penis on June 6, said he was fine following surgery.
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This body modification is new to......
Six weird sounding diseases that you don't want including Maple Syrup Urine Disease, Exploding Head Syndrome and Jumping Frenchmen of Maine......
A Russian woman with a gigantic 125lb belly has undergone surgery to have it removed.
Natalya was overweight since 13, when she had hormonal disturbance. She tried all the existing diets, visited hundreds of doctors, but with no result. Years passed as her belly was growing larger and larger. Finally it became so huge that the woman literally had to stump it to make a step.
Oleg Strigin, the head of the department of surgery of the hospital, where the woman was rushed, said they don’t do such complicated surgeries often. He said there are 4 levels of the belly-growth: the inch of more than 4-inch length belongs to the 4th level. We’ve never seen the growth of 36 inches!
The growth-removing surgery lasted for many hours. The surgeons removed fat the weight of a grown-up woman!...
Get on track to the Royal Glamorgan Hospital this month for an event that aims to promote different forms of transport.
The partnership day has been organised to promote alternative transport means to residents, patients and staff and to raise awareness of the health benefits of “active travel”.
Taking place from 10am to 3.30pm on April 17 in the Atrium (main entrance) of the Royal Glamorgan Hospital, the day will feature information stands and talks in the lecture theatre.
Partners attending include:
· RCT Local Health Board
· PTI Cymru who will be promoting public transport information systems including Traveline text, online journey planner and bilingual call centre.
· Rhondda Cynon Taf Council promoting walking and cycling in the county.
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A News Update from the Children’s Food Campaign including a plea to LOBBY your MP to protect children from junk food advertising.
Support grows among MPs for the Food Products (Marketing to Children) Bill
Writing to your MP about the Bill is the one most effective thing you can do to help protect children from junk food advertising, and will take no longer than five minutes.
Pressure is growing on MPs to attend the Second Reading of the Food Products (Marketing to Children) Bill. The Bill will protect children from all forms of junk food marketing, whether via TV, the internet or packaging.
Thanks to all the support we have received from our members and from national organisations in the fields of health, consumer rights and children’s welfare, Early Day Motion 445 which...
A father and his 31-year-old daughter have revealed on Australian TV that they are in a relationship and have a daughter together. The couple who had previously been found guilty of incest, had also another child together but it died.
This Australian news site has a short video interview with the couple and has posted a full transcript of the......
I mean how weird is that, both Mrs DDWT and I go to the dentist on the same day but at different times!?!?In fairness though whilst I was having a filling done, the Mrs had to have an emergency appointment as her filling had fallen out. Just to complicate matters further - as Mrs DDWT is now 31 weeks pregnant - she can't have a "proper" filling only a temporary one, well until the baby is born anyhow.It's a bloody good job we're with Denplan as well, otherwise it could have been a very expensive day all around!As I was working from home today, I decided to give our York Elliptical workout machine a pounding for 25 minutes. During this session - in which I sweated the most I've done for many moons - I managed to cover 9km and burn 246 calories in the process! Whilst I felt a wee bit leg...
This video is almost unbelievable. Using a 're-generative' powder made from pig's bladders, a man has regrown the tip of a finger that he lost 3 years ago. A transcript of the video is......
French doctors had already succeeded in performing the world's first partial face transplant back in 2005 and they have now succeeded in performing the world's first full-dace transplant.
Pascal Coler - a modern-day Elephant Man - had been horribly disfigured by Von Recklinghausen's disease, a rare genetic disorder.
The controversial operation, which involved replacing Mr Coler's face with that of a dead donor, took 16 hours, and required tissues, nerves, arteries and veins being attached to the patient's face.
The operation has revolutionised his life and a year after the surgery, Mr Coler is now free of the disease that at the age of six saw tumours begin to grow on his face.
The Daily Mail has more......
A French court has rejected a request from a 52-year-old severely disfigured woman for the right to die.
The coiurt decided to side with the prosecution which argued current legislation does not allow Chantal Sebire's doctor to prescribe lethal drugs.
In her appeal to the court, Ms Sebire said she did not want to endure further pain and subject herself to an irreversible worsening of her condition. She asked the court to allow her doctor to help her end her life.
Ms Sebire has said she will not appeal the decision rendered today and she would find life-terminating drugs through other means.
"I now know how to get my hands on what I need and if I don't get it in France, I will get it elsewhere,'' she said. Link...
A French woman who is badly disfigured by facial tumours caused by a rare and incurable disease has appealed to President Nicolas Sarkozy to allow her to die by euthanasia.
The debilitating disease is so rare that only 200 cases of the disease had been reported globally in the last 20 years.
In an interview with the Agence France-Presse news agency, former school teacher Chantal Sebire, 52, begged for the right to end the "atrocious" suffering inflicted on her by the disease which has rendered her face unrecognisable because of growing tumours.
"An animal would not be allowed to endure what I have to endure," she said from her home in Plombieres-les-Dijon in central France, asking French media and Mr Sarkozy to allow her a dignified death.
Ms Sebire told AFP that she suffered...
