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Motion Control Is Awesome For Surgeons (Or Anyone With Bloody Hands)
High-fidelity motion control is awesome, but it’s not quite essential for most of us. For surgeons though, a motion-controlled interface like this one could be super useful.
Controversial New Surgery Caused Bone Growth In Woman’s Eyes
Eternal youth doesn’t come cheap. No one knows this better than a Los Angeles woman who underwent a non-FDA approved cosmetic eye surgery using stem cells. Unwanted side effects include: pain, a clicking sound in her eyelid “like a tiny castanet snapping shut” and spontaneous bone growth in the surrounding flesh. Gross.
Pioneering WWI Plastic Surgery Was Way Ahead Of Its Time
What you’re looking at isn’t three different people. No, it’s the progress made by a single patient, Lieutenant William M Spreckley, who was admitted to Dr Harold Gillies’ care in January 1917 with a “gunshot wound nose”. Gillies is considered the father of modern plastic surgery — and it’s not hard to see why.
Baby’s Life Saved By World’s Smallest Artificial Heart
Like all technology, medical implants can be made smaller as the engineering behind them gets more advanced. That’s how a 16-month-old Italian baby was able to become the recipient of the world’s smallest artificial heart — and have its life saved in the process.
Could An Ingredient In Spicy Foods Make Your Beer Belly Disappear?
There’s evidence that adding more spiciness in your diet can help curb your appetite. Researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston are taking that idea to a whole different level — one that requires anaesthesia. They’ve found that surgically manipulating the vagus nerve by applying capsaicin, the active component inside a chilli pepper responsible for its burning sensation, can help with weight loss.
Surgeons Are Live-Tweeting Brain Surgery Right Now
Dr Dong Kim, the surgeon who treated US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords after she was shot in the head in 2011, is currently removing a brain tumour from one of his patients. That’s not unusual considering his occupation. However, today, another neurosurgeon happens to be live-tweeting events as they unfold. No pressure.
