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Beyond games, Oculus virtual reality headset finds medical uses
To help treat soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder, Jennifer Patterson turned to a gadget typically associated with video games: the…
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US military hopes to learn from victim of chimp attack
Charla Nash never served in the military. She was horribly disfigured, not in combat, but in a 2009 attack by…
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Hand, face transplants to be regulated like other organs
Sure your liver or kidney could save someone’s life. But would you donate your hands, or your face? Signing up…
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Tiny 3D-printed liver slices pave way for growing organs
A slice of 3D-printed liver offers the promise of speeding up the discovery of new drugs and paving the way…
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Stroke prevention device misses key goal in study
The future is unclear for a heart device aimed at preventing strokes in people at high risk of them because…
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It’s difficult for patients to absolutely know if they have Parkinson’s disease. To date, the only way to diagnose someone…
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Mark Matulaitis holds out his arms so the Parkinson’s specialist can check his tremors. But this is no doctor’s office:…
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