David Eagleman’s book Livewired explores neuroplasticity, the brain’s superpower, which lets it reshape after extreme surgery and adapt to losing a sense Health 23 September 2020 By Clare Wilson Our brains can remake themselves to adapt to changing circumstancesAndriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images Book Livewired: The inside story of the ever-changing brain David Eagleman Canongate Books IMAGINE… Read More »
Man, 73, needed part of his bowel removed after a 2cm-long fish bone he accidentally swallowed perforated his intestine The unnamed man went to hospital in Japan with severe abdominal pain Scan revealed a ‘linear body’ had penetrated his small intestine Man recalled eating yellowtail fish the day before his pain started By Alexandra Thompson Senior… Read More »
‘I was not real happy about it – I feel like they owe me a kidney, that’s for sure’: Healthy grandmother had BOTH her kidneys removed after doctors misdiagnosed her with cancer Linda Woolley, of Englewood, Colorado, was diagnosed with ‘likely’ kidney cancer at the University of Colorado Hospital in March The 73-year-old grandmother underwent… Read More »
Alice Taylor, 2, was diagnosed with a rare eye cancer shortly after playing a game of pirates with her mom. (Emily Taylor/Childhood Eye Cancer Trust) Emily Taylor was playing a game of pirates with her spunky 2-year-old daughter Alice when she realized the toddler was having trouble seeing after putting an eye patch over her… Read More »
by Monica Quinn Should I Have My Silver Fillings Removed? One question that dentists hear many times over is whether patients should be concerned about having silver fillings and if they should be removed. Millions of people have silver or amalgam dental fillings because this material has been used for more than 150 years to… Read More »