Supposedly, a brain tumor the size of an egg located on a 40-year-old man's right lobe of the orbifrontal cortex caused uncontrollable paedophilia.  Neurologists had said that the paedophilia went away after the tumor was removed. 

"We're dealing with the neurology of morality here," says Swerdlow. Since the area does not affect physical health, "it's one of those areas where you could have a lot of damage and a doctor would never suspect something's wrong," he says.

"He wasn't faking," says Burns. "But if someone argues that every paedophile needs a MRI, the difference in this case was that the patient had a normal history before he acquired the problem. Most paedophiles develop problems early on in life."

"My Beautiful Mommy" is a children's picture book written by Dr. Michael Salzhauer, a board-certified plastic surgeon, where a mom explains to her daughter why she is having cosmetic surgery done.  Link [via]

I definitely foresee this book winning the Caldecott Medal.

Blinded by an explosion two years ago Bob McNichol was told he may never see again, but by the aid of his son's tooth McNichol had his vision restored.

Bob McNichol, 57, from County Mayo in the west of the country, lost his sight in a freak accident when red-hot liquid aluminium exploded at a re-cycling business in November 2005.

"I thought that I was going to be blind for the rest of my life," McNichol told RTE state radio.

After doctors in Ireland said there was nothing more they could do, McNichol heard about a miracle operation called Osteo-Odonto-Keratoprosthesis (OOKP) being performed by Dr Christopher Liu at the Sussex Eye Hospital in Brighton in England.

The technique, pioneered in Italy in the 1960s, involves creating a support for an artificial cornea from the patient's own tooth and the surrounding bone.

Four patients in the Chicago area were infected with HIV and the virus for hepatitis C after receiving organs from a high-risk organ donor.

A screening questionnaire determined the organ donor had engaged in high-risk behavior, according to officials at Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donation, the Elmhurst-based organ procurement agency that tested and approved the organs for donation.

But tests for HIV, hepatitis and other conditions came back negative, most likely because the donor had acquired the infections in the last three weeks before death. Personal details about the donor were not released by medical officials, who cited privacy laws.

Based on the negative test results, doctors at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Rush University Medical Center and the University of Chicago Medical Center went ahead with the transplants.

"It's a risk-versus-benefit calculation," Alison Smith, vice president for operations at Gift of Hope, told the Chicago Tribune. "Every patient in need of an organ has a significant medical condition that in most circumstances limits life expectancy. The question becomes what degree of risk is appropriate in that situation."

The right procedures were followed in testing the donor, according to Smith, who attributed the failure of the standard ELISA test to detect HIV and hepatitis C to the inability of the test facilities use to detect the virus in newly infected people.

A Chinese man, nicknamed "Elephant Man", has had a facial tumor since birth and left it untreated for 31 years.  The tumor has grown to more than 30 pounds.  The man's backbone has become deformed due to the weight of carrying the tumor.  Although the surgery will be risky, doctors are optimistic they will be able to remove the tumor and reconstruct the man's face.  [link]

Update:  Huang Chunsai has survived the first of many facial surgeries to remove the tumors from his face.  He had 10 kg of tumor removed. 

Previously:
Chinese boy to have surgery on his unprotected heart
Woman suffers from Proteus Syndrome, has abnormally large legs and feet

32-year-old Taquela Hilton had a 93-pound tumor on her overy removed.  Trying to lose weight for 12 years, Hilton went in for exploratory surgery and doctors found the hefty fluid-filled cyst.  Hilton has lost 137 pounds since the surgery.

View the slideshow.  (Pictures are graphic.)

7-year-old Chen Jiakun of China suffers from a very rare disease called pentalogy of Cantrell, which is "a complex constellation of defects including congenital heart disease and sternum abnormalities."

In front of Chen's chest is a large mass containing his heart and intestines. People can see and feel how his heart is beating under the skin. The mass swells and throbs if he moves quickly. And coughing will cause it to grow to 15 centimeters long--almost three times its usual size.

I don't care how easy and safe Dr. Khadim says it is, I would never give myself laser eye surgery.  CRAZY! 

Dr. Khadim has developed LASIK@Home where you can perform your own Lasik eye surgery in the convenience of your own home for the low, low price of $99.95. 

In just four easy steps, you will be on your way to perfect vision!  Ummm.. No thanks!