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Viewing entries posted in October 2015

Laser Skin Resurfacing Gives Hope to Vietnam’s ‘napalm girl’ More Than 40 Years on

Posted by Dr Ash Dutta on 30 October 2015

Advanced laser technology is to thank for one of this year’s most inspiring news stories. Kim Phúc became a tragic symbol of the Vietnam war when, in June 1972, she was photographed as she ran naked, screaming, and terribly burned from a napalm strike on her village in the south of the country. The photograph, taken by AP photojournalist Nick Ut, would later win the Pulitzer Prize and be regarded as one of the most haunting images to emerge from the con... Read more