A person who was unable to walk for 12 years is now able to walk after two electrical implants. Photo: BBC Geneva: Garrett John Oscum, 40, is now slowly learning to walk after getting back on his feet 12 years later. He was unable to walk after an accident. Gert Oscum is the first patient…
Norwich: A study has found that older adults talking to children more early in life can help shape their brains. Previous studies have shown that talking to young children has benefits. As such it can improve children’s use of language and increase vocabulary. Now researchers say they have discovered a link between the amount of…
For the first time, a team of Boston Children’s Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in the United States has successfully performed surgery on the brain of a baby in the mother’s womb to treat a rare disease of the arteries. Vein of Gallen malformation (VOGM), which is an arterial malformation, can be life-threatening for…
According to new research, plastic particles can reach the human brain. Photo: File Vienna, Austria: Experts have warned from experiments on mice that plastic particles can reach the mother’s milk, blood and even the brain. Researchers at the University of Vienna have said after experiments with mice that the same thing can happen with humans….
Photo courtesy of the Denver Coleman family For the first time in the world, American doctors successfully operated on the brain of a child in the mother’s womb. According to foreign media, the child had a malformation of the blood vessels inside the brain, which was treated. According to foreign media, the baby girl was…
Texas: A new study has found that the presence of iron in the brain may play a role in Alzheimer’s disease. A new imaging study by researchers has shown for the first time that iron is more reactive in the presence of oxygen at sites in the brain where Alzheimer’s-related amyloid-beta deposits occur. A team…
The student was saluted by the teachers and students at the school: Photo: Social Media Michigan: The child’s presence of mind saved the lives of 66 students when the bus driver passed out. According to foreign media, a female bus driver suddenly fainted while driving in the American state of Michigan. The Class 7 student…
Brain scans can be visualized with 60 million times sharper technology to visualize different parts of a rat’s brain. Photo: Courtesy of Duke University North Carolina: On the 50th anniversary of MRI technology, scientists have announced another technology that can make traditional scans appear millions of times cleaner and clearer. It uses a combination of…
Stress can be assessed by keyboard and mouse movements. Photo: File Zurich: A new and somewhat interesting study has found that a person’s keyboard and mouse usage pattern can be an early warning sign of stress at work. Mara Niglin of the ETH Institute, Zurich, and her colleagues recruited 90 people in this study. Meanwhile,…
(Photo: University of Florida) Florida: A study has found that the human brain is working harder when playing against a robot. Researchers at the University of Florida examined table tennis matches between human vs. human and human vs. robot. In the analysis, players wore caps with electrodes during the game that monitored their brain activity….
