World’s second patient to receive experimental pig’s heart transplant dies

November 6, 2023 Miracle Edee

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Euronews (English)

Lawrence Faucette, the second person in the world to receive a genetically modified pig’s heart in an experimental transplant, has died. The 58-year-old patient lived for nearly six weeks after receiving the transplant in mid-September. “We mourn the loss of Mr Faucette, a remarkable patient, scientist, Navy veteran, and family man who just wanted a little more time to spend with his loving wife, sons, and family,” said Bartley Griffith, the patient’s surgeon at the University of Maryland Medical Centre. Before his death on October 30, Faucette was doing physical therapy and spending time with…

6 Nov 23 Miracle Edee

10 must-know PC security tips that keep you safe online

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PC World

Staying safe online doesn’t mean having to learn coding or anything exotic. Germany’s Federal Office for Information Security recently published a brochure entitled “Using the internet safely” that contains ten helpful security tips that you should keep in mind while surfing the Internet to protect yourself from fraud and computer viruses. The basic information is handy indeed, but we’ve expanded on these tips with recommendations on specific tools and security settings you can use to stay safe online. Further reading: The best antivirus software for Windows PCs Always keep Windows, browsers a...

6 Nov 23 Miracle Edee

Study says anger could be key for people wanting to turn their life around

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By Charlie Duffield If you're trying to reach your goals, new research suggests it can be beneficial to get angry. This emotion helps people overcome obstacles and challenges which may get in the way of their ambitions. A study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology discovered that participants who undertook several challenging tasks in a state of anger performed better than those who felt different emotions, like desire, sadness or amusement. The lead author of the study, Heather Lench is a professor of psychological and brain sciences at Texas A&M University. She said ...

6 Nov 23 Miracle Edee

I changed these 11 Facebook settings, and you should too

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PC World

Whether you love spending time on Facebook or merely do so out of obligation, there are lots of ways to make the experience more tolerable. I’ve been spending a bit more time on the site lately, having been roped into a handful of Facebook Groups that I need to keep tabs on. As such, I’ve also dug into Facebook’s labyrinthine settings menu, looking for ways to protect privacy, lock down profile access, and generally make the site feel less obnoxious. Below are the 11 quick changes that I ended up making, and that I recommend for anyone who spends time on Facebook as well: Finding Facebook sett...

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