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A Baby Girl for Will & Kate?!

Plus, human head transplants (for reals!), more women are OD'ing on painkillers, and other news we're talking about today
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Human head transplants possible
In a newly published paper, Dr. Sergio Canavero from the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group claimed that it is now "technically feasible" to perform head transplants. Of course, he's discussing the procedure as a treatment for people with spinal cord injuries, but we can't help but wonder � who's body would you transplant your head onto? Source

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18 women die every day for no reason
Popping a Vicodin (or two) when you've got a headache might seem harmless, but there's mounting evidence that we need to take prescription painkillers a lot more seriously. Over the past 10 years, deaths from painkiller overdoses has risen 400 percent for women. To give you a little perspective, in 2010 more women died from painkillers than car crashes. A big part of the issue: women taking multiple pills at once and "doctor shopping" for prescriptions. (Source)

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Could you live without makeup for 9 months?
Remember the woman who went a full year without looking in a mirror to overcome her obsession with her looks? Another bold beauty has given up makeup, covered her hair, and let go of a big chunk of her wardrobe for nine months to see how the social experiment shapes her sense of self worth. In a piece written for Salon, she called the experiment "frightening ... and liberating." Source

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