A Laboratory of the Future Human Experience
Wearing floaties when your a 50 year old child… Not Healthy
Even though most adults want to avoid looking older than their actual age, research led by St. Michael’s Hospital shows that looking older does not necessarily point to poor health. The study found that a person needed to look at least 10 years older than their actual age before assumptions about their health could be made.
Continue reading… “Looking Older Than Your Age Not a Sign of Poor Health”
The pain of losing a body part is twofold, as patients not only suffer from wound pain. Often they are also affected by so called phantom pain. Unlike bodily wounds which will eventually heal, phantom pain often lasts for years and sometimes a lifetime.
Facial reconstruction patients may soon have the option of custom-made bone replacements optimized for both form and function, thanks to researchers at the University of Illinois and the Ohio State University Medical Center.
Continue reading… “Engineering Could Give Reconstructive Surgery a Facelift”
UCL scientists and surgeons have led a revolutionary operation to transplant a new trachea into a child, using the child’s own stem cells to rebuild the airway in the body.
Two patients with rare lesions to the brain have provided direct of evidence of how we make decisions — and what makes us dislike the thought of losing money.
Continue reading… “Brain Location for Fear of Losing Money Pinpointed — The Amygdala”
When a fetus is smaller than expected for the number of weeks of pregnancy, due to associated problems like a poorly developed heart, health concerns as severe as brain damage can result.
Continue reading… “When Is A Fetus Able To Survive Outside The Womb?”
Are you a “morning person” or a “night owl?”
Continue reading… “Morning People And Night Owls Show Different Brain Function”
Though it looks like a tiny purple blowtorch, a pencil-sized plume of plasma on the tip of a small probe remains at room temperature as it swiftly dismantles tough bacterial colonies deep inside a human tooth. But it’s not another futuristic product of George Lucas’ imagination. It’s the exciting work of USC School of Dentistry and Viterbi School of Engineering researchers looking for new ways to safely fight tenacious biofilm infections in patients – and it could revolutionize many facets of medicine.
Continue reading… “Wiping Out Tooth Infections: Cool Plasma Packs Heat Against Biofilms”
