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Study: Brain implant lets paralyzed man regain use of hand

Wednesday, 27 April 2016, 16:32 Last update: about 9 years ago

A paralyzed 24-year-old man has regained some use of his right hand, controlling it with signals relayed from electronic sensors in his brain. Ian Burkhart of Dublin, Ohio, can grasp a bottle,...

'I am here' - Silenced by autism, young man finds his voice

Monday, 25 April 2016, 16:30 Last update: about 9 years ago

Ben was diagnosed with nonverbal autism and epilepsy a few months before his third birthday. Now 22, he is a writer and a student at Tulane University in New Orleans with a GPA of 3.7. In his essays,...

American doctors make new esophagus using stents and skin

Friday, 22 April 2016, 16:02 Last update: about 9 years ago

American doctors have made a new esophagus for a young man, using donated skin tissue and metal stents, in the latest example of scientists creating body parts in the lab to help patients with few...

Winemaker Julia Walch in Malta

Thursday, 21 April 2016, 18:54 Last update: about 9 years ago

Julia Walch, from the famed Alto Adige producer Elena Walch, recently visited our island to conduct a wine tasting session at Farsonsdirect and a wine-pairing dinner at The Fork & Cork in Rabat,...

Bypass boosts survival in heart failure, 10-year study says

Thursday, 21 April 2016, 16:01 Last update: about 9 years ago

Heart failure patients with clogged arteries have a better chance of surviving 10 years if they get bypass surgery plus medicine rather than just drugs alone, according to an international...

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