It is not only antibiotics but also certain viruses—known as bacteriophages—that can kill off pathogenic bacteria. However, ...

A surgeon with a “sexual obsession” for cutting off parts of his body had his own legs amputated as part of an insurance scam, officials in the UK said on Thursday. Doctor Neil Hopper, 49, submerged ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The cortical region of the brain does not reorganize after amputation of a limb. Machine learning is essential ...

Neil Hopper, a vascular surgeon, bought three videos of men willingly having their genitals removed as pornographic material, a U.K. court heard Samira Asma-Sadeque is a legal reporter at PEOPLE's ...

A surgeon had his perfectly healthy legs lopped off — for a payday of $600K in insurance fraud and because he had a fiendish fetish for amputated body parts, according to U.K. authorities. Former ...

A surgeon, who for "sexual gratification" deliberately froze his lower legs, leading to them being amputated, has been jailed. Warning: This article contains details that some readers may find ...

An NHS vascular surgeon who had his own legs removed has been jailed for two years and eight months for insurance fraud and possessing extreme pornography. Neil Hopper, 49, of Truro, Cornwall, carried ...

A 45-year old man’s hand has been amputated after being caught in a harvester just after 5pm in Jervois, about a 100km east of Adelaide. The Advertiser understands that the man’s hand has been ...