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more about #madmedicine more comments → Klebert L. Hall: So, let's just pretend that this isn't an obvious fake. What's the difference, functionally? Who cares (well, other than him) if he's in a coma, or c... more » darthsodomizer: SHENANIGANS [www.randi.org] more » amygdala: Wow. I started out thinking that this was tragic, but once I read the comments (and the James Randi piece linked earlier) now I'm on the horrible farc... more » MargaretMoony: Dear God, I think this is the most terrifying thing in the history of....EVER. How did this guy not go insane? more » Elorin: Which just goes to support those family members who visit comatose patients and talk to them, care for them, let them experience human touch, and read... more » brentbent: C.O.C.K.R.O.A.C.H. )for all the queer super villians out there(: The facilitated communication stuff is pure crap that cannot be verified through scientific scrutiny. In the 70's desperate parents invested tons of m... more » hiteklolife: look at the footage of the person "assisting " him type and you will see that this is just bullshit. He is paralyzed, he cannot move his hands yet the... more » Strakus: Hold off judgment a bit- the case is pretty well rife with issues that suggest there may be some fishy bits at work here. The alleged brain scan (eith... more » CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): Thats just awful. But imagine the bribes he'll get from the gossip nurses just to keep his mouth shut, if and when he comes around!!!! And where the ... more » BangarangRufio867: My name is Buck and I like to.... too soon? more » Chip Overclock: If true, this is like the exact opposite of Alzheimer's. I'm not sure which is more disturbing. more » SNForrester: I don't think we have enough information to know if this story is true or not. If there's a computer involved that measures electrical signals in his... more » Lassus: Before everyone gets too depressed, there is actually some questioning that he is communicating at all: [news.yahoo.com] Now that I think about it, ... more » korybing: I'm not gonna pretend that I know a lot about medical science, because I don't, but why did it take them 20+ years to run a brainscan on the guy to de... more » agentgray: I would like to know more about the mental state of the guy. I imagine it would have been like a prison...just sitting there, watching it all. more » -
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Man Thought to Be in a 23-Year Coma Was Conscious the Whole Time
It's a nightmarish medical scenario: a man spent 23 years paralyzed but conscious while his doctors believed he was in a vegetative state. And his situation might be more common than we'd like to think. More » -
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Biotech Company Sued for Accidentally Growing Extra Bones In People's Bodies
A company called Stryker Biotech was in court last week defending a bone-growth product it sold for years, despite reports that it would "drift" in the body, causing bones to grow in random locations. More » -
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Handheld Device Electrifies Your Breast Tissue, Diagnoses Cancer Risk
Soon, you could be determining your breast cancer risk with a simple needle jab, to collect a small amount of tissue — which doctors would electrify and subject to weird chemicals, before extracting the estrogen for analysis. More » -
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Woman Gets a Tooth Implanted In Her Eye To Cure Blindness
A woman, blind for 9 years, can see again after doctors performed a rare surgery where her own tooth was inserted into eye. How does this procedure work? More » -
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The Strange Case of Seizures That Turned a Woman Into a Man
Researchers report an odd case in the latest issue of Epilepsy & Behavior. Whenever their patient had an epileptic seizure, she thought she'd become male - and that other women near her had turned into men too. What caused it? More » -
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Perfecting Closed-Skull Brain Surgery
Although surgeries that involve nary a slice or a stitch have heretofore been limited to science fiction, doctors in Switzerland announced that they've successfully performed closed-skull brain surgery on 9 patients using only sound waves. More » -
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Is Stem Cell Tourism About To Go Legit?
It's medical tourism's bleeding edge: people traveling to countries with no stem cell bans. Last year, a boy went to Russia for stem cell injections in his brain – he got only tumors. Is this the future of medical innovation? More » -
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Is Your Doctor Exposing You to Too Much Radiation?
A new study released this week shows that medical imaging scans expose patients to seven times more radiation than they did twenty years ago. Could a scan for cancer actually be giving you cancer? More » -
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Several Mysterious Human Placentas Found in Illinois Sewer System
Sanitation workers in the Illinois town of Urbana-Champaign have been finding human placentas clogging up the drainage system several times in the last month. Placentas are temporary organs women grow while pregnant to nourish fetuses. More » -
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Heal Your Wounds with Lasers
We're one step closer to Star Trek's medical tricorder. Doctors say they've successfully used a new laser technology that closes wounds by inspiring torn tissues to grow back together at a rapid clip. More »
