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Experts: Man controlled robotic hand with thoughts

Headlines from the Associated Press  Wed, 12/02/2009 - 07:43

ROME (AP) -- A group of European scientists say they have successfully connected a robotic hand to a man who had lost an arm, allowing him to feel sensations in the artificial hand and control it with his thoughts....


 

Cheap, quick bedside 'eye movement' exam outperforms MRI for dia...

EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Thu, 09/17/2009 - 22:00

(Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions) In a small "proof of principle" study, stroke researchers at Johns Hopkins and the University of Illinois have found that a simple, one-minute eye movement exam performed at the bedside worked better than an MRI to distinguish new strokes from other less serious disorders in patients complaining of dizziness, nausea and spinning sensations.