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A Glimpse of the Future: Robots Aid Japan's Elderly Residents

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TOKYO — It looks like a scene from Robocop or one of the Terminator movies: A human steps into a sleek robot suit and is miraculously transformed, suddenly capable of astonishing feats of strength. But this is no sci-fi film — it's a promotional video by Cyberdyne, a Japanese electronics company. It shows an elderly male patient with Parkinson's disease being ... Full Story

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Woman Gives Birth Two Days After Dying

Doctors in Oxford, England, say they kept a woman's body alive for two days after her death to allow her to give birth. The Daily Mail said Monday despite the fact professional ice skater Jayne Soliman was declared brain dead last week, doctors were able to keep her body alive long enough to deliver her unborn child via Cesarean section. David ...
Published 10 months ago | Rated: +11
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Radiologist Adds a Human Touch: Photos

When Dr. Yehonatan N. Turner began his residency in radiology, he was frustrated that the CT scans he analyzed revealed nothing about the patients behind them — only their internal organs. So to make things personal, he imagined each patient was his father. But then he had a better idea: attach a photograph of the actual patient to each file. ...
Submitted by AllHealthcare_Editor | Published 7 months ago | Rated: +6
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Doctor Offers Help to Jobless Patients

Jaws may well have dropped Monday as people read this item in the Greene County Shopper: "Notice from the office of Gary L. Turpin, M.D.: "For the duration of this calendar year, I will treat, free of charge, my regular patients who have lost their jobs or health insurance due to the current recession." "I didn't see it as selfless, but ...
Published 8 months ago | Rated: +6
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H1N1 Teen in Coma Survives, Despite Doctor Prognosis

OAKLAND — Tiffany Lee, 16, is the worst-case swine flu scenario every doctor fears. On July 7, she started to cough and feel dizzy. "I thought it was allergies," she says from her hospital bed. Two days later, her parents took her to a local hospital, where doctors first said she was fine and sent her home. When she returned July ...
Published 19 days ago | Rated: +5