Here's how the transplant program at the New England Medical Center works. Say you have a loved one who needs a transplant. You simply agree to donate a kidney yourself if you do, your loved one will go right to the top of the transplant list. Critics say the program puts unfair pressure on those relatives to become donors themselves. Supporters, though, say the organ shortage, especially of kidneys, has become a crisis.
Someone needing a new kidney now waits, on average, about five years.
Anorexia and Bulimia have been notoriously hard to treat but researchers have always noticed those problems are always worst in the winter. The treatment is light therapy Canadian researchers tried it on 22 patients with bulimia their episodes of purging dropped in half. Researchers think the long gray days of winter that make the rest of us tired also change some people's biorhythms and make eating disorders more likely. This is the first evidence light therapy may treat far more than just depression. That laser treatment for your eyes it may treat far more than just nearsightedness.