1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (260+ words) Developed together with engineers from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM), the prosthesis is made up of a network of millimetre-scale titanium structures designed to distribute loads in a similar way to bone tissue. The implant has made it possible…...

1+ day, 38+ min ago   (260+ words) Developed together with engineers from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM), the prosthesis is made up of a network of millimetre-scale titanium structures designed to distribute loads in a similar way to bone tissue. The implant has made it possible…...

1+ day, 54+ min ago   (490+ words) Madrid's Gregorio Marañón Hospital has successfully avoided the amputation of a patient's leg through a pioneering bone implant, marking the first personalized metamaterial prosthesis of its kind. The technology, originally developed for the aerospace sector, uses a titanium structure manufactured…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (303+ words) 300 grams, 500 kilos: the 3D-printed bone that saved a Madrid patient's leg from amputation. Credit: Comunidad de Madrid / Facebook. Surgeons in Madrid seemed to be left with only one option: amputate. But instead, they built the patient a new bone from…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (392+ words) Do heatwaves affect the effectiveness of the pill? (SWNS) A pharmacist is warning people who take the contraceptive pill that the fifth U.K. heat wave might make it less effective. "Most medicines have specific storage conditions, and many of these medications…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (392+ words) Do heatwaves affect the effectiveness of the pill? (SWNS) A pharmacist is warning people who take the contraceptive pill that the fifth U.K. heat wave might make it less effective. "Most medicines have specific storage conditions, and many of these medications…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (909+ words) EL PASO, TEXAS (KFOX14/CBS4) — After a four-year pause in operations, El Paso's only abortion fund has relaunched its helpline. West Fund, an abortion fund helpline founded in 2013, offers financial assistance to cover health care costs for people seeking abortions. The nonprofit…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (733+ words) The evidence linking weather directly to menstrual changes, however, remains limited. Much of the effect may come from the changes that extreme weather brings to everyday life rather than from temperature itself. Extreme heat can make an already uncomfortable period…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (301+ words) Arie Luyendyk Jr. had a second vasectomy on Aug. 14 after reversing his first procedure to have another child with Lauren Burnham. The Bachelor alum said the decision now is final: he and Burnham have four children and are done expanding…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (694+ words) Over the past two and a half years, 17-year-old Ana Ortega has visited dozens of high school classrooms across the South Bronx and Harlem, leading conversations about consent, healthy dating behaviors, and safe sex with students her own age. “A…...