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COVID-19
ICUs become a ‘delirium factory’ for COVID-19 patients
June 3, 2020 / Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News Doctors are fighting not only to save lives from COVID-19, but also…
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Extremities
Here’s How to Convince the Brain That Prosthetic Legs Are Real
By Oliver Alan Kannape – September 12, 2016 The carbon fiber legs or “blades” used by lower limb amputee runners have arguably become…
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MEDTECH Announces New Sales of the ROSA™ Brain System in the United States and China
MONTPELLIER, France, March 14, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MEDTECH (Euronext, FR0010892950 – ROSA), a company specialized in designing, developing and…
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Neuro
How to prevent brain and spinal cord injuries before they occur
By Laura Wilner, MD It’s summertime, and the livin’ may be easy, but that doesn’t mean parents can let their…
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Neuro
This Brain Surgeon Simulator Is Not a Game
By Erene Stergiopoulos In the mid-1980s, Ronald Reagan sparked a media storm with his now-infamous Strategic Defense Initiative. It was a multi-billion…
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Neuro
Three-Year-Old Receives Live-Saving 3D Printed Skull Implant
By Andrew Wheeler 3-year-old Han Han was born with congenital hydrocephalus that caused a build up of fluid to swell her…
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Neuro
The brain thinks, the spinal cord implements: Research team at MedUni Vienna identifies important control mechanisms for walking
Even after complete spinal paralysis, the human spinal cord is able to trigger activity in the leg muscles using electrical…
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Brain-Controlled Devices May Help Transcend Paralysis and Speech Problems
The vast popularity of the movie Avatar underscores the increasingly tangible future possibility of transcending paralysis by technological means. A…
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