The news about the death of Stephanie Kuleba — the 18-year-old straight A student who was captain of her school’s cheerleaders and who planned a pre-med course of studies at the University of Florida — during cosmetic surgery reminds us that all surgeries and medical procedures are potentially dangerous and even life threatening. Anytime anesthesia is in use, there is always the potential that something could go wrong.

It reminds us that no matter how much we try to reduce the risks we face during life and the various activities we undertake, there is always a chance that the odds could go against us.

My prayers are with Stephanie Kuleba’s family and friends.

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Scientists may have worked out a way to turn people autistic, then turn them back.

Reports i09:

Need to finish that work project, and wish you had the mental intensity to do it? Just take a synapse-regulating inhibitor, induce temporary autism, and you’ll want to ignore your friends and do nothing but number-crunching for days. Autism-inducers could become as popular as Provigil among the geek set by 2020. Last night, in fact, a group German researchers announced they’d perfected the method for inducing autism. (They can also cure it.)

Don’t let the bosses know about this or they’ll be putting this medication into our morning coffee!

Let’s hope that the research into autism creates a cure that will work.

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