Medical News Today: Monkeys use their brains to drive wheelchairs
A revolutionary technique has enabled primates to move wheelchairs toward a bowl of grapes by sheer brainpower, offering hope for people with severe paralysis to achieve mobility. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - March 5, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medical Devices / Diagnostics Source Type: news
Monkeys taught to control robotic wheelchair by thought alone
Study concludes that new technology involving brain-machine interfaces could benefit humans living with paralysis or motor neurone diseases A pair of monkeys have learned to control a robotic wheelchair by thought alone, using electrodes implanted into their brains.Scientists were able to decode neural signals from the animals and turn these into commands for the wheelchair, allowing the monkeys to drive across a room to retrieve grapes from a dispenser two metres away. Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 3, 2016 Category: Science Authors: Nicola Davis Tags: Medical research Science Neuroscience Motor neurone disease Disability Source Type: news
Monkeys Drive Wheelchairs Using Only Their Thoughts
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DURHAM, N.C. -- Neuroscientists at Duke Health have developed a brain-machine interface (BMI) that allows primates to use only their thoughts to navigate a robotic wheelchair.
The BMI uses signals from hundreds of neurons recorded simultaneously in two regions of the monkeys’ brains that are involved in movement and sensation. As the animals think about moving toward their goal -- in this case, a bowl containing fresh grapes -- computers translate their ...
Source: DukeHealth.org: Duke Health Features - March 3, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Tags: Duke Medicine Source Type: news
Meet the two Elaines speaking up for libraries
“I can remember getting my first – what I thought of as ‘grown up’ book – out of the library. It was John Steinbeck, The Grapes Of Wrath and I walked down the street being proud of having such a big book.”
Elaine Brooks has worked in libraries all her life, and so has her friend and fellow UNISON member Elaine Cotterell. Today – like the Joad family in the The Grapes Of Wrath – they’ve made a journey for the sake of improvement.
The Elaines have travelled from Lancashire to London to speak up for local libraries. There are currently 74 libraries in Lancashire County, but by the end of the year there w...
Source: UNISON Health care news - February 9, 2016 Category: UK Health Authors: Rosa Ellis Tags: Magazine Save Our Local Services Source Type: news
Improve weight loss with black beans says ITV chef SALLY BEE
Eating black beans are a sugar-free alternative to snacking on grapes in the battle to lose weight, writes chef SALLY BEE. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 7, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A few grapes really CAN slim your waist and boost your love life
Scientists at Harvard and the University of East Anglia found that eating fruit, especially berries and red grapes, may prevent the dreaded middle-aged spread and even help to shed the pounds. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 30, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Fruits And Veggies That May Actually Help You Lose Weight
For anyone stricken with the dreaded middle-age spread, the way to shed some pounds might be easier (and tastier) than you think. A new study says that eating certain fruits and veggies can help prevent weight gain in middle-age -- and potentially help you drop some weight, too. In a 24-year study, researchers from Harvard University and the University of East Anglia examined the link between weight and consumption of flavonoid-rich fruits and veggies. Flavonoids are naturally occurring compounds in plants. The cohort of over 124,000 people included both men and women, in three studies: one with women an average age ...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - January 28, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
3 Overlooked Natural Treatments for Prostate Cancer
If you have prostate problems, your options for treatment are pretty limited — at least according to mainstream medicine.
The chances are if you have an enlarged prostate, your doctor will give you advice like… “go to the bathroom when you feel the urge”… or “don’t drink a lot at once.”
Or they’ll prescribe medication. But these synthetic drugs have a history of nightmarish side effects for someone already dealing with an unpredictable prostate.
Many of the drugs you’ll be prescribed also decrease sex drive and in many cases cause impotence.1
And if you have surgery, there’s a risk you’ll be saying ...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - January 27, 2016 Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Al Sears Tags: Natural Cures carotenoids enlarged prostate Lycopene natural treatment prostate cancer Source Type: news
The KILLER in your children’s lunchbox: The medical advice that could SAVE A LIFE
INCIDENTS of children choking on grapes has shot up and in the wake of another tragic event a top doctor reveals what you NEED to know. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - January 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
No Discipline for D.C. Lieutenant in Toddler’s Death
WASHINGTON - Six months after a D.C. fire lieutenant was charged with neglect of duty in a delayed response to a choking toddler who later died, FOX 5 has learned he has not been disciplined and has chosen to retire.
This new development has deeply angered the baby's father.
Two sources familiar with the process say Lt. Guy Valentine put in his retirement papers around the holidays. Despite facing three different charges in connection with the delayed response to the choking toddler, he has not gone before an internal trial board and no date has been set for one.
A D.C. Fire and EMS spokesperson has confirmed Valentine ...
Source: JEMS Administration and Leadership - January 12, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Legal & Ethical News Administration and Leadership Communications Dispatch General News Source Type: news
No Discipline for D.C. Lieutenant in Toddler’s Death
WASHINGTON - Six months after a D.C. fire lieutenant was charged with neglect of duty in a delayed response to a choking toddler who later died, FOX 5 has learned he has not been disciplined and has chosen to retire.
This new development has deeply angered the baby's father.
Two sources familiar with the process say Lt. Guy Valentine put in his retirement papers around the holidays. Despite facing three different charges in connection with the delayed response to the choking toddler, he has not gone before an internal trial board and no date has been set for one.
A D.C. Fire and EMS spokesperson has confirmed Valentine ...
Source: JEMS: Journal of Emergency Medical Services News - January 12, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Legal & Ethical News Administration and Leadership Communications Dispatch General News Source Type: news
No Discipline for D.C. Lieutenant in Toddler’s Death
WASHINGTON - Six months after a D.C. fire lieutenant was charged with neglect of duty in a delayed response to a choking toddler who later died, FOX 5 has learned he has not been disciplined and has chosen to retire.
This new development has deeply angered the baby's father.
Two sources familiar with the process say Lt. Guy Valentine put in his retirement papers around the holidays. Despite facing three different charges in connection with the delayed response to the choking toddler, he has not gone before an internal trial board and no date has been set for one.
A D.C. Fire and EMS spokesperson has confirmed Valentine ...
Source: JEMS Administration and Leadership - January 12, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: News Administration and Leadership Communications & Dispatch Source Type: news
Ask Well: Health Benefits of Red Wine vs. Grape Juice
A reader asks: We keep hearing about the benefits of drinking red wine. Why not grape juice instead? (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - January 8, 2016 Category: American Health Authors: KAREN WEINTRAUB Tags: Eat Well Grapes Ask Well Food Longevity Resveratrol (Chemical) Wines Featured Diet and Nutrition Source Type: news
For Alzheimer's patients, resveratrol brings new hope
Over the years, resveratrol, an antioxidant found in grapes, chocolate and red wine, has been touted as a possible antidote to Alzheimer's disease, cancer, diabetes and many other conditions. Now, the first study in people with Alzheimer's suggests that the compound, when taken in concentrated doses, may actually have benefit in slowing progression of this disease. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - December 17, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
