Beacon Hill might freeze toll prices, or offer exemptions to seniors. Brigham and Women's Hospital is evaluating Carmen Blandin Tarleton of Thetford, Vermont for a face transplant. She was injured when her ex-husband doused her with industrial lye in 2007. Brigham and Women's has performed on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
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Charla Nash, the Connecticut woman mauled by a chimpanzee in February of 2009, received the fourth face transplant performed at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in May. Doctors, led by Dr. Bohdan Pomahac, actually attempted a double hand transplant at the same time as the face transplant, which failed. Doctors didn't say what day the operation was done on to ensure the donor's privacy.
Face transplant recipient Dallas Wiens made a public appearance two months after a remarkable, life-altering surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital that gave him his face back. He lost all of his facial features in a 2009 accident in which he was burned by a high-voltage electrical line. He described feeling his new face:
The apocalypse is nigh in the Ist-a-verse. LAist reported that the world ends on May 21. Bostonist reported on Brigham and Women’s Hospital giving a man a new face. And, Shanghaiist revealed China has issues with Bill Shakespeare. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
A Massachusetts National Guard unit is headed to Afghanistan. An Indiana man is approved for a face transplant at Brigham and Women’s Hospital once a donor is found. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook.
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