Notes"This is the closest science has come to regenerating so many nerve fibers over a long distance to reach their targets and to repair a nerve previously considered irreparably damaged."Unfurl
Notes"People suffering from severe depression could find St John's wort as effective a treatment as prescribed drugs but with fewer side effects, a new study suggests."Unfurl
Notes"The biggest problems were with abdominal ultrasound followed by chest X-ray and abdominal computed tomography, the report said." Oh for fuck's sake, put down the damn ThickBurger!Unfurl
NotesOnly a matter of time now before brain chunks can be replaced by chips. (Heh, yeah, I know, it'll be a lot harder than that, if at all possible.)Unfurl
Notes"Now researchers have shown in a preliminary study that reducing the levels of isoprostanes, which specifically reflect oxidative damage in the brain, by draining cerebral spinal fluid can stave off future reductions in cognitive abilities. "Unfurl
Notes"The implant involves connecting a wire to the left vagus nerve in the side of the neck; a battery is implanted high in the left chest or under the armpit, and the amount of current can be regulated externally"Unfurl
Notes'The "biothermal battery" under development by Biophan Technologies of West Henrietta, will generate electricity using arrays of thousands of thermoelectric generators built into an implantable chip.'Unfurl
Notes"The Tongue Display Unit (TDU) can activate areas that are normally reserved for visual information and are unused when someone suffers from congenital blindness. "Unfurl
Notes"A patented implantable power system could provide as much as a 30-year power source to “trickle charge� batteries for implantable devices by converting thermal energy produced naturally by the human body into electrical energy"Unfurl
Notes"If successful, the probe would be used for the early diagnosis of cancers and pre-cancers of the gastrointestinal system." My uncle died from colon cancer. It runs in the family. This tech would be a good thing.Unfurl
Notes"Weinstock's theory is that our immune systems have evolved to cope with the presence of such parasites, and can become overactive without them."Unfurl
Notes"While the new studies provide an initial proof of principle that human application of brain-machine interfaces is possible, the researchers emphasize that many years of development and clinical testing will be required before such neuroprosthetic devicesUnfurl
Notes"NASA has developed a computer program that comes close to reading thoughts not yet spoken, by analyzing nerve commands to the throat." David Brin's novel, Earth, featured one of these interfaces 10 years or so ago. I want.Unfurl