Dr. Bohdan Pomahac of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, the surgeon who led the country's second-ever face transplant operation said he is "cautiously optimistic" over the recovery of the patient and that "so far he is doing very, very well."
Pomahac and his team in a 17 hour surgery Thursday replaced the man's nose, palate, upper lip, and some skin, muscles and nerves with those of a dead donor. He added that the man who was severely injured in a freak accident several years ago has so far chosen to keep his identity a secret, is recovering as expected.
On Thursday, Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston witnessed the second face transplant operation performed in the United States and the seventh in the world. 
In another case of racial discrimination, a study revealed that black patients with lung cancer were less likely than white patients to receive recommended chemotherapy and surgery. 
According to researchers, depression in heart patients can in most probability lead to heart failure despite the usage of anti depressants. 
Next time finding heart healthy food for your family makes you go into a tizzy, try to relax and come to terms with the fact that there is nothing much you can do about that. Recent studies show that very few of these food products actually show strong evidence of lowering heart disease risk. 
According to a new study Black patients suffering from lung cancer are less likely than white patients to receive recommended chemotherapy and surgery. In 2002 disparities in lung cancer treatments were similar to what was seen in the early 1990's despite efforts to decrease the difference in treatment. 
