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SCIENCE / NEWS Fri Jun 13, 2008 @ 8:20am neoform

BBC News -- Researchers may have found a way to predict whether severely brain-damaged patients will regain consciousness. A part of the brain which can stay active even in severely brain-damaged patients could offer a clue about the chances of recovery, they clai.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Tue Apr 8, 2008 @ 8:19am neoform

BBC News -- Scientists have taken skin cells from patients with eight different diseases and turned them into stem cells. The advance means scientists are moving closer to using stem cells from the patient themselves to treat disease. This would mean they could.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Tue Mar 18, 2008 @ 8:22am neoform

BBC News -- Most patients recovering from severe injuries are still in pain a year later, researchers have found. Scientists analysed data from more than 3,000 patients, and concluded that 62% continued to suffer 12 months after their injury. In the Archives of.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Tue Jan 8, 2008 @ 8:18am neoform

BBC News -- A London hospital has become the first in the world to implant a new generation of pacemaker to stop people regularly fainting. A 65-year-old man from west London was fitted with the device under local anaesthetic at St Mary's Hospital. The Biotroni.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Tue Nov 27, 2007 @ 8:22am neoform

BBC News -- Scientists have managed to restore a sense of touch to two patients with prosthetic arms, in what is seen as a step towards creating sensitive limbs. By rerouting the remaining nerves from their lost limbs to their chests, the patients said they could.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Wed Aug 1, 2007 @ 4:08pm neoform

BBC News -- Deep brain stimulation with electrical pulses may offer hope for patients trapped in a minimally conscious state. Treatment of a 38-year-old man with a severe brain injury enabled him to use words and gestures, chew and swallow and drink from a cup, sa.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Fri Mar 30, 2007 @ 6:14pm neoform

BBC News -- Patients are buying an experimental cancer drug over the internet, it has been reported. The drug, called DCA, has been shown to shrink tumours in rats but tests on humans are years away. However Nature magazine reports some terminally ill patients.. Read More

SCIENCE / NEWS Tue Nov 7, 2006 @ 9:43am mrmdc

Ananova -- A Russian doctor has started a booming sideline in custom-made condoms. Moscow urologist Dr Petr Pomozov started making condoms to order after a number of patients complained they had problems finding ones that fitted... Read More