THE WORLD’S FIRST HUMAN HEAD TRANSPLANT HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT
The World’s First Human Head Transplant Has Been Carried Out
wonderfulengineering.com Mar 5, 2018 6:24 PM
Sergio Canavero is a controversial neurosurgeon who has made headlines by claiming to have performed the world’s first human head transplant. The transplant took a total of 18 hours and involved successful connection of the nerves, spine, and blood vessels of two people.
Canavero stated that the operation had been performed by a team led by Harbin Medical University-affiliated Dr. Xiaoping Ren. This Chinese team was involved in a monkey head transplant last year and the surgeon had been working closely with the team.
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The neurosurgeon had announced two years ago that he plans to perform a human head transplant. He added the details in a paper later published “Human head transplantation. Where do we stand and a call to arms” that appeared in Surgical Neurology International.
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“For too long nature has dictated her rules to us,” Canavero said. “We’re born, we grow, we age and we die. For millions of years, humans have evolved and 110 billion humans have died in the process. That’s genocide on a mass scale. We have entered an age where we will take our destiny back in our hands. It will change everything. It will change you at every level. The first human head transplant, in the human mode, has been realized. The surgery lasted 18 hours. The paper will be released in a few days. Everyone said it was impossible, but the surgery was successful.”
The operation was carried out on a cadaver but the first human head transplant might not be that far off in the future as 31-year old Russian Valery Spiridonov has volunteered to have the operation because his life has been made miserable by a muscle-wasting disease. “It will be for a medical, neurological condition, not for life-extension,” Canavero said of the operation.
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Canavero was asked whether there was a possibility that the operation would take place outside of China if it was successful on a living person, and he answered with a resounding no. “Given the amount of mean criticism we received, I don’t think we should go international. For instance, if you still stick to the Frankenstein schtick, which doesn’t make sense, then no. This is a medical condition for people who are suffering awfully so it isn’t a joke.”
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Dr. James Fildes, NHS principal research scientist at the University Hospital of South Manchester’s Transplant Centre, said, “Unless Canavero or Ren provide real evidence that they can perform a head, or more appropriately, a whole body transplant on a large animal that recovers sufficient function to improve quality of life, this entire project is morally wrong.”
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THE UNMISTAKABLE SIGNS THAT SHOWS YOU’RE EATING TOO MUCH SUGAR
360nobs.com Mar 1, 2018 5:52 PM
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Sugar is like the forbidden fruit of the modern diet. While it tastes incredible and we pretty much add it to everything these days, it may actually be killing us too. Well, the truth is eating sugars can’t kill us and it is best to eat them most of the time.
The sugar “addiction” you feel isn’t biological and is probably due to your own personal battle with dessert. However, too much of anything, including vegetables and fruits is not good for you. Loading up on sugar and not eating some other nutrients is going to have its drawbacks, and some of these may include an increased risk of diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure.
Furthermore, with more and more people becoming hypertensive and diabetic, it is definitely something you will want to avoid. For you to prevent the negative health effects before they happen, it is important that you remain aware of how much sugar you’re eating and look for your body’s signs that you’re overdoing it.
Here are three of the biggest warning signs your body wants you to be eating less sugar.
You’re tired all the time
Sugar gives your body a lot of energy really quickly and your body tends to use up those energy as quickly as it gets it. Without you having longer sources of body fuel such as dietary fat and protein, you are most likely going to quickly experience an energy crash after you’ve eaten a sugary serving.
Even if you get to eat the same amount of calories as you would otherwise eat, there is a greater chance that you will feel exponentially less energized by your food if you rely on sugary foods a lot of the time.
Your mood seems to be bipolar
One of the ways to know you are eating a lot of sugars is how your mood is. Sugar gets your hormones to react immediately. As such, you get a spike of insulin and serotonin, which are the hormones that gets you in a happy and cheerful mood. This is immediately followed by a huge crash of both.
You feel sluggish and your mood plummets, causing you to crave more sugar and wanting to “emotionally eat”. You may also just feel depressed and awful until your next meal.
You’re thirsty even after drinking water
Sugar, much like salt, causes feelings of dehydration. As a result of any kind of excess sugar floating around in your bloodstream, your body needs more water to balance out. This will usually cause your body to retain fluids which would being on certain effects, such as you feeling large and bloaty after having a meal.
It is however important to note that sugar is not the only food that makes you feel bloated, but they surely do contribute to bloating. If you exhibit all or some of these signs, it is best for you to cut down on your sugar intake or better still, see a doctor for more advice.