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| Stock photos of wild African elephants from Kenya , Tanzania and South Africa. |
| African Elephant stock pictures (Loxodonta africana) Pictures include Elephants in Kenya , South Africa and Tanzania. Pictures available for print or reproduction. General password holders may download and use for one off usage for the prearranged fixed fee of £50. For other usage including prints contact sales@worldwidefeatures.com ( elephant , elephants , africa , wildlife , animals , tusk , tusks , trunk , safari , rhino . ) |
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| The Giant Rats that sniff out land mines. |
| Giant Rats have been trained to sniff out land mines in Africa. This ground breaking work will help to free countries from the curse of dicarded landmines which cost many lives and limbs. rat , animal , tanzania , landmine . |
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| IVF twins then twins again naturally. |
| Ever since she had got married, Helene Wilson had been desperate to start a family with her husband Graham.
Doctors discovered she had blocked fallopian tubes and Mrs Wilson and her husband Graham were referred for IVF treatment.
The first course of IVF failed, but then to the couple’s delight, Mrs Wilson fell pregnant with twins, Charlotte and Leanne, now six. birth , multiple , pregnancy .
After the six year battle to have children, the couple decided their family was complete and Mrs Wilson decided to have the contraceptive coil fitted.
But when the twins were nine months old, she suffered an infection and had to have it removed for a fortnight.
Amazingly during those two weeks, she fell pregnant again....this time with twins again.
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| WHEN doctors told her to terminate one or more of her unborn triplets, Claire Orgill stood firm. |
| WHEN doctors told her to terminate one or more of her unborn triplets, Claire Orgill stood firm.
Mrs Orgill and husband Philip, had been diagnosed with unexplained fertility and had resorted to IVF treatment to try and have their much longed for family.
As a multiple pregnancy carries lifethreatening risks to both the mother and babies, Mrs Orgill was advised to terminate one of more of her babies. But she refused, as she wanted to give them all a chance at life. |
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| Alex Lowe has fought back from the brink of death to save the life of her little brother Cory. |
| MIRACLE schoolgirl Alex Lowe has fought back from the brink of death to save the life of her little brother Cory. The brave youngster, 10, was given just hours to live as she lay in hopsital paralysed with all her organs shutting down. |
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| "Tumour" in womb was triplets. |
| WHEN Nikki Williams was told to come back for a scan she feared the worst. A pre cancerous tumour in her womb had already caused her to lose a previous baby, and doctors feared that the lifethreatening tumour had returned. But as she lay on the scanning table, Mrs Williams and her husband Gary were in for a bigger shock. Instead of a tumour on the screen...there were three heartbeats. A shocked Mrs Williams was told she was expecting triplets. |
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| Now at the age of nine, Ellie unbelievably has senile dementia. |
| Now at the age of nine, Ellie unbelievably has senile dementia. She has forgotten how to talk, she is incontinent, and she can now longer wallk very well.
At the age of five, our world fell apart when Ellie was diagnosed with Niemann Pick Type C Disease, a disease where the brain can’t use cholesterol properly and the build up slowly damages the brain. sixsmith . |
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| Acapulco has a reputation. That reputation portrays a city that never sleeps. |
| Acapulco has a reputation. That reputation portrays a city that never sleeps and Acapulco does it’s best to live up to that reputation. Nightclubs and discos don’t close until every last reveler has gone home, at times this is long after the sun has come up. Legendary nightlife aside, Acapulco also has a reputation of being a magnet for the rich and famous. Many celebrities, from all over the world, have homes or keep vacation retreats in Acapulco. beach , boat , mexico , sunset , holiday , travel , fishing , cliff , diving . |
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| A kidney from the internet saved my life. |
| I hugged my friend Susan as I lay in my hospital bed and I don’t think any of the other patients could have guessed at the special bond between them.
Susan had just given me her kidney, after meeting her on the internet, to help save me from chronic kidney failure.
I had contacted her through a website, which allows patients to get in touch with people who are willing to donate their organs. traxler , transplant , usa . |
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| Pregnant mother stabbed 9 times but mum and baby survive. |
| THIS is the amazing baby who survived a knife attack on his mother whilst he was still in the womb.
As Kerry Smith sets to celebrate her first Christmas with baby Michael, its something she never thought she would see.
Mrs Smith, 23, was stabbed an unbelievable NINE times in a vicious unprovoked attack by a schizophrenic as she she walked through a churchyard near her home in Lowestoft, Suffolk, UK in December 2004. birth .
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