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Echoes


Physically healthy Dutch woman Zoraya ter Beek, 29, granted euthanasia approval over her severe depression
A 29-year-old Dutch woman, Zoraya ter Beek, has been granted assisted dying (euthanasia) due to unbearable mental suffering.
May 17, 20241 min read


‘Greedy’ mom loses 126 pounds in 13 months with controversial diet
UK mom successfully shed 126 pounds in just 13 months using the very low-calorie Cambridge diet
May 14, 20242 min read


First living patient to receive genetically modified pig kidney dead at 62, weeks after historic transplant
The first living recipient of a kidney from a genetically modified pig, Richard “Rick” Slayman, 62, passed away two months after the groundb
May 12, 20242 min read


Rat parts found in Japanese sliced white bread
A prominent brand of sliced white bread is undergoing a recall in Japan due to the inadvertent inclusion of rat parts in some loaves.
May 9, 20241 min read


Biggest hospital bankruptcy in decades affects 2.2 million patients across eight states
Steward Health Care, the largest private hospital chain in the US, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Houston, Texas
May 8, 20242 min read


Woman, 31, was left 'burning from the inside out' in 17-day coma after taking ibuprofen for period pains
A woman from Papanduva, Brazil, has recounted a harrowing experience where she claims to have been placed in a 17-day coma
May 7, 20241 min read


Heartbreak as mother-of-two Emily Presley dies after 18 weeks on a ventilator and a DOUBLE lung transplant after going for routine check up for a cold... and finding she was dying from horror disease
A woman from Kentucky believed she was going to see the doctor about a cold but received a diagnosis of an infection that led to a...
May 3, 20242 min read


Student, 21, reveals burden of living with condition that leaves her constantly aroused: 'It has ruined my life'
A young woman with a condition that leaves her genitals 'aroused' 24/7 has detailed her daily struggle with it
Apr 23, 20241 min read


Nine-year-old girl killed by asthma attack after parents failed to refill her inhaler and ran the sobbing child a bath instead of taking her to hospital when she turned blue
Amy Lynn Modrow, a 9-year-old girl, tragically passed away after her parents allegedly failed to call an ambulance for three hours during...
Apr 20, 20241 min read


Passenger lands small plane when Duke professor piloting trip suffers fatal medical emergency
A passenger had to land a small plane in North Carolina over the weekend when the pilot, a prominent Duke University professor named...
Apr 10, 20242 min read


'My eye looked like it was about to fall out of my head - but doctors missed my cancer 9 times'
A sports teaching assistant who thought his swollen eye might "fall out of his head" had a rare cancerous tumor on his optic nerve. But...
Apr 3, 20245 min read


More than 150 students and staff at North Carolina State University are diagnosed with host of tumors - as officials find college building is teeming with toxic chemicals after death of young mom
More than 150 students, staff, and alumni have reportedly been diagnosed with cancers and other diseases linked to a university building...
Apr 1, 20241 min read
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