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World Spine Day: Text-neck syndrome accounts for 70% outpatient visits say doctors
There has been a significant rise in "text-neck syndrome", especially among the young adults, which…
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A war hero, this former Marine and star MBA is leading an ambitious biomedical startup
Spinal Singularity proposes what the company believes to be a revolutionary new model for biom…
Jeremy Bender
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An outlandish surgeon who aims to do the first head transplant has severed and reconnected the spinal cords of 9 mice
A big issue after any transplant procedure is the reaction from the patient's body. Typically when …
Erin Brodwin
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COVID-19 brain complications found across the globe: Lancet study
"It is really important that doctors around the world recognise that COVID-19 can cause encephalit…
PTI
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The Italian surgeon who plans to do the world's first head transplant only has to solve these 5 problems first
Canevero's technology is "a special biological glue," he said in a recent TED talk, called polyethy…
Erin Brodwin
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An outlandish surgeon who aims to perform the first head transplant just gave a rat a second head
Canavero disagrees, of course. In a TED Talk, he described "a special biological glue" called polye…
Erin Brodwin
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A Chinese surgeon plans to perform the world's first full-body transplant - here are the 5 biggest obstacles we'd have to overcome first
Canevero's technology is "a special biological glue," he said in a recent TED talk, called polyethy…
Erin Brodwin
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Paralympic gold medalist with multiple sclerosis says people claim she is 'faking' her disability because it's not visible
Kadeena Cox, a four-time Paralympic gold medalist, has multiple sclerosis – a disease of the brain …
Barnaby Lane
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People aren't going to be getting head transplants in two years - here's why
Canevero's technology is "a special biological glue," he said in a recent TED talk, called polyethy…
Erin Brodwin
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Uber is accused of failing a huge number of New Yorkers
"As a wheelchair user, you have to go out of your way just to get to different places," Dustin Jone…
Jeremy Berke
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A paralyzed man can walk again using a groundbreaking mind-reading brain implant
The technology is a brain-computer interface that's similar to, but more advanced than, Elon Musk's…
Hilary Brueck
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Scientists have finally figured out why astronauts lose their vision while in space
What they found by looking at these images was that the astronauts who were in space long-term had …
Lydia Ramsey
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A Ukrainian says he paid $5,000 for a medical diagnosis to avoid conscription, an example of widespread corruption and draft-dodging
Ukraine faces increasing difficulties in recruiting willing fighters, pushing Zelenskyy to crack do…
Mia Jankowicz
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LAPD officer who died after being dropped on his head during a self-defense training exercise was targeted for investigating a gang rape by fellow officers, family lawyer alleges
"They used that training as a cover to kill him in retaliation for his whistleblowing activity," at…
Pocharapon Neammanee
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The Inspiring Story Of Differently-Abled Jaskaran Singh Who scored 99% in CAT, and Secured Admission at IIM Bangalore
When a boy named Jaskaran Singh from Delhi secured admission to Indian Institute of Management (IIM…
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Custom accommodations make dream come true for Tennessee teen with rare spinal disease to see Taylor Swift in concert for the first time
Nora Gooden's parents surprised her with tickets to a Nashville stop of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour in…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Why you feel lower back pain when sitting and the best ways to relieve it
Lower back pain when sitting is common and annoying. Here's how to find relief with stretches, post…
Laura Goldman,Medhat Mikhael
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Kermit Gosnell's Alleged Infanticide Was Totally Different From Legal Abortion
Gosnell says the babies weren't alive and were just in "death throes," because he'd killed them in …
Erin Fuchs
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A common virus spread by mosquitoes in the US may be deadlier than we thought
But the virus, which scientists estimate has infected millions of Americans, is not harmless. In ab…
Lydia Ramsey
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Not getting enough sleep could increase your risk of Alzheimer's
After the night with disrupted sleep, the researchers found people had higher levels of beta-amyloi…