Showing posts with label Neurology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Neurology. Show all posts

Toddler makes miraculous recovery after getting key lodged in brain - The Telegraph 25th November 2008

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

A toddler has baffled medical experts by making a miraculous recovery after a key became lodged in his brain.

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tags: IHN, Health, News, Neurology, Children, The Telegraph

Brain exercises are ‘waste of time’ says Scottish professor - The Observer 23rd November 2008

Monday, November 24, 2008

Professor says that nobody should be fooled by ‘dangerous’ myths about boosting creativity

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tags: Neurology, Health, News, Information Technology, UHN, The Observer

Holes drilled in the wrong side of heads during surgery NHS watchdog warns - The Telegraph 21st November 2008

Surgeons are drilling holes in the wrong side of people’s heads during brain surgery despite a warning issued three years ago.

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tags: Neurology, Health, News, UHN, The Telegraph, Surgery, Negligence, Clinical Governance

‘Superglue’ brain op for toddler - BBC Health News 21st November 2008

The parents of a 17-month-old girl have told how surgeons used glue to seal tiny brain blood vessels that were threatening her life.

Laura and Ryan Honeyman, from Horsford in Norfolk, first took their daughter Ella-Grace to France, then to the US to improve her survival chances.

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tags: Neurology, Surgery, Health, News, UHN, Infants, BBC Health News

Lure of the new is all in the mind depending on how your brain is wired - Daily Mail 24th November 2008

Whether you are the adventurous type or one of those who sticks to what you know is all down to how your brain is wired, say scientists. They have found that the strength of links between two key parts of the brain affect how we respond to new experiences.

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tags: Neurology, IHN, Health, News, Daily Mail

Girl, 5, now able to ’shine’ after epilepsy surgery removes half her brain - Daily Mail 21st November 2008

A five-year-old girl who suffered from severe epilepsy has been transformed by an operation that removed half her brain.

Constant epileptic activity left Brooklyn Bauer walking on her knees and speaking in two-word phrases, and three years of different treatments had failed to help.

tags: IHN, Health, News, Epilepsy, Neurology, Surgery, Daily Mail