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normonique

Can the Nervous System Be Hacked? - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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bioengineering brain neurocommunication neurodevelopment neurogrowth neurology neuroscience neurotechnology normonique pychology technology

shared by normonique on 29 Jun 14 - Cached
  • But communication between nerves and the immune system was considered impossible, according to the scientific consensus in 1998.
  • It would have been “inconceivable,” he added, to propose that nerves were directly interacting with immune cells.
  • electrical pulses to the rat’s exposed vagus nerve. He stitched the cut closed and gave the rat a bacterial toxin known to promote the production of tumor necrosis factor, or T.N.F., a protein that triggers inflammation in animals, including humans.
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      normonique on 29 Jun 14
       
      This small passage answer my question of 'if the nervous system could be directly wired to technology' 
  • the nervous system was like a computer terminal through which you could deliver commands to stop a problem,
    • normonique
      normonique on 29 Jun 14
       
      This is a refreshing approach to cures from medicine which has a tedious list of side affects with no promise of correcting the initial problem. 
  • Inflammatory afflictions like rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn’s disease are currently treated with drugs — painkillers, steroids and what are known as biologics, or genetically engineered proteins. But such medicines, Tracey pointed out, are often expensive, hard to administer, variable in their efficacy and sometimes accompanied by lethal side effects.
  • All the information is coming and going as electrical signals
  • His work seemed to indicate that electricity delivered to the vagus nerve in just the right intensity and at precise intervals could reproduce a drug’s therapeutic — in this case, anti-inflammatory — reaction. His subsequent research would also show that it could do so more effectively and with minimal health risks.
  • bioelectronics is straightforward: Get the nervous system to tell the body to heal itself.
  • normonique on 29 Jun 14
     
    This post is incredible, it's exciting to understand how technology can tell the brain to heal itself. 
normonique

Electroconvulsive therapy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

en.wikipedia.org/...Electroconvulsive_therapy

neurotechnology

shared by normonique on 18 Jul 14 - Cached
  • Electroconvulsive therapy can differ in its application in three ways: electrode placement, frequency of treatments, and the electrical waveform of the stimulus.
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      normonique on 18 Jul 14
       
      Relate to Acupuncture.  -Within my last visit the Acupunctures attached a small electric pulse (not painful) to the pinpoint of the pain.  -I was knocked out within I believe less than 5 min. and awoken pain free.  -All the tension seemed it only needed to be stretched out. So I followed my treatment with yoga and felt new the following day.  -My question is that culturally Asians use natural medicine, would this application in my current culture benefit from alternative medicine with similar application or to treat a similar problem.
  • normonique on 18 Jul 14
     
    "electrode"
ewingjm2

Does Humor Make You Live Longer? - 1 views

www.psychologytoday.com/...oes-humor-make-you-live-longer

#ThoughtVectors #laughteristhecure #teamzeotrope

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  • ewingjm2 on 26 Jun 14
     
    I just attended a "Laughter is Good Medicine" seminar put on by a local hospital. The speaker pointed to evidence showing that laughing has such good effects as: Reduce blood pressure Lower blood glucose Dull pain Alleviate stress and anxiety Improve feeling of well being ... and it even burns substantial calories.
gerellmalazarte

The Social Impact of 3-D Printing | TruthAtlasTruthAtlas | Discover who's changing your... - 0 views

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future medicine 3D Printing social impact changing world

shared by gerellmalazarte on 02 Jul 14 - Cached
  • gerellmalazarte on 02 Jul 14
     
    The new tool in the medical world is changing the game. Making prosthetics more customizable and pushing for other advancements in the medical field.
jurasovaib

Jack Andraka: A promising test for pancreatic cancer ... from a teenager | Talk Video |... - 0 views

www.ted.com/...creatic_cancer_from_a_teenager

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shared by jurasovaib on 25 Jun 14 - No Cached
  • This kid went through over 4,000 proteins before finding mesothelin, a pancreatic, ovarian and lung cancer biomarker and developed a quick and cheap test for it's detection. Credit to Dr. Anirban Maitra, Professor of Pathology, Oncology, and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, for recognizing the enthusiasm of this kid.
brookerobinson

This is your brain on music - CNN.com - 1 views

www.cnn.com/...brain-music-research

brain music

shared by brookerobinson on 27 Jun 14 - No Cached
  • The results: The patients who listened to music had less anxiety and lower cortisol than people who took drugs. Levitin cautioned that this is only one study, and more research needs to be done to confirm the results, but it points toward a powerful medicinal use for music.
  • Among participants, the researchers found synchronization in several key brain areas, and similar brain activity patterns in different people who listen to the same music. This suggests that the participants not only perceive the music the same way, but, despite whatever personal differences they brought to the table, there's a level on which they share a common experience.
gerellmalazarte

Researchers closing in on printing 3-D hearts - 0 views

www.usatoday.com/...2370079

3D Printing technology organ medical

shared by gerellmalazarte on 27 Jun 14 - Cached
  • The project is among the most ambitious in the growing field of three-dimensional printing that some say could revolutionize medicine.
  • Bonnie Boaz on 30 Jun 14
     
    Wow I was worried you wouldn't be able to find research on this -- FASCINATING article Gerell!
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