Baby Boy Saved By Worlds Smallest Artificial Heart

Italian doctor Antonio Amodeo saved the life of a 16 month old baby boy by implanting the world's smallest artificial heart to keep the infant alive until a donor was found for a transplant.

 

Italian heart surgeon Antonio Amodeo holds a tiny titanium pump, the world's smallest artificial heart, which was implanted in a baby, at the Bambino Gesu' Hospital in Rome May 24, 2012. Doctors from Rome's Bambino Gesu' Hospital saved the life of the 16 month old baby in March with the artificial heart, which weighs only 11 grams, before the infant received an organ donation. The baby, whose identity has not been disclosed, was kept alive for 13 days before the transplant and is now doing well.The baby was suffering from dilated myocardiopathy, a heart muscle disease which normally causes stretched or enlarged fibers of the heart.

Source: Reuters.com

Tallest Man In The World

According to the Guiness Book of World Records the tallest man ever was Robert Wadlow measuring in at an incredible 8 ft 11 in. The record holder for tallest living man is Sultan Kosen from Turkey. He measures 8 ft 1 in.

But in history there were many of tallest men mad record for being tallest man in world at their time. Here i presenting you some of them photos.

Sultan Kosen - Tallest Man In The World

Turkish farm labourer Sultan Kosen is the presently Worlds tallest man from 2009, approved by Guinness World Records. He born on 10th December, 1982 in Mardin, Turkey and holds the Guinness World Record for tallest living male in the world at 2.51 meter (8 ft 3 inches).

The world's tallest man Sultan Kosen have finally stopped growing at a towering 8ft 3inch due to a pioneering new treatment. He suffers from the rare disorder acromegaly which causes his body to continually produce the growth hormone.

Sultan Kosen's condition was thought to have been caused by a tumor in the pituitary gland which is located in bottom of the hypothalamus at the base of the brain. Doctors though they had cured him in 2008 when they removed the tumor but he continued to grow at a rate of half and inch a year. But researchers at the University of Virginia Medical Center, who have developed a new treatment after he visited in 2010, say he has finally stopped growing.

Sultan Kosen who wears size 28 shoes, is one of only ten people ever to top 8ft and the first in a decade. When other children were little more than 4ft, he was already well over 6ft. 'The kids used to tease me and I found that very difficult,' he said on a trip to the UK in 2010.

Worlds Largest Tortoise In The World - Galapagos Tortoise

Social media message claims that below photo is the world's largest tortoise, being transported on the bed of a truck. The message claims that the massive tortoise was found in the Amazon River, weighs 800 pounds and is 529 years old.

But this is not a real tortoise. The picture is a scene from the 2006 Japanese movie "Gamera the Brave" which features a giant turtle creature. At one point in the movie, the wounded Gamera is transported via a military truck to a research facility. The circulating image is apparently taken from this part of the movie.

Galapagos Tortoise - The real largest tortoise in the world

Galapagos tortoise is the real largest tortoise in the world. galapagos tortoise is the largest living species of tortoise, reach weights of more than 550 pounds and 5 feet length, although they are considerably smaller around five feet or so for the larger animals than the monster depicted in the picture. Although the Galapagos tortoise cannot fly or battle deadly monsters like Gamera can, they are remarkable creatures that can live for more than 100 years in the wild.But unlikely they actually exist in real life.

Source: www.hoax-slayer.com

Removed Extra Limbs Surgery of a Baby Boy Who Was Born with Six Legs in Karachi

Doctors in Karachi hospital have successfully removed the extra limbs of a baby boy who was born with six legs. "The Surgery lasted for about two hours, and the baby is now in stable condition." doctors at the National Institute of Child Health (NICH) in Karachi said.

Birth defects like the Mermaid syndrome, a deformity where the legs are fused together. Craniopagus, a phenomenon where twins are joined at the head, and Dicephalic parapagus, a condition of having two heads, occur rarely but prove challenging to the medical world.