<rss version="0.91"><channel><title>Accidental Discovery Leads To Brain Surgery To Reverser Loss Of Memory : RSS 0.91</title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><item><title>Accidental Discovery Leads To Brain Surgery To Reverser Loss Of Memory : RSS 0.91</title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/</link><description></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Accidental Discovery Leads To Brain Surgery To Reverser Loss Of Memory]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/48844/1/</link><description><![CDATA[During an experimental brain surgery to reduce a patient's appetite, surgeons triggered a d&#233;j&#224; vu event. The patient had vivid and precise memories of something that happened 30 years ago. The possibilities of this being used to help Alzheimer's patients are being investigated.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Using hypothermia to help patients live ]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/29502/1/</link><description><![CDATA[OK so this isn't BRAIN SURGERY but...oh wait a sec...it IS brain surgery!!  So they make the patient's body temp about 91&#176;F to help them survive brain surgery longer.  Cool factor &gt; ick factor for sure]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Skeleton may show ancient brain surgery]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/53930/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Greek archaeologists said Tuesday they have unearthed rare evidence of what they believe was brain surgery performed nearly 1,800 years ago on a young woman - who died during or shortly after the operation.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Australian has 'world-first' conscious brain surgery]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/36543/1/</link><description><![CDATA[An Australian man was conscious and spoke to his medical team during life-saving brain surgery in what doctors are claiming as a world-first procedure with cutting-edge technology.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Researchers Unlock Key To Memory Storage In Brain]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/17419/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Scientists know little about how the brain assigns cells to participate in encoding and storing memories. Now a UCLA/University of Toronto team has discovered that a protein called CREB controls the odds of a neuron playing a role in memory formation.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brain Surgery With an Icepick]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/15998/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Dr. Walter Freeman believed mental illness was caused by an overactive brain and he could cure it by pounding an icepick through a patient's eye socket deep into the frontal lobes. This is the story of his youngest patient, who was lobotomized at age 12.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fascinating first hand account of brain surgery (from the patient, who remained conscious through the whole thing)]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/12049/1/</link><description><![CDATA[&quot;Unfortunately, this also means I&#8217;m conscious when Henderson produces what looks like a hand drill and uses it to burr two dime-sized holes into the top of my skull. It doesn&#8217;t hurt, but it&#8217;s loud.&quot;]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boy wakes up with posh accent after surgery]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/36033/1/</link><description><![CDATA[A 10-year-old boy has woken up with a posh English accent after undergoing life-saving brain surgery. William McCartney-Moore's usual northern England accent was replaced with a much more refined tones complete with elongated vowels after he had an operation to remove fluid on his brain. Picture from this <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/09_03/williamDM17009_228x633.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">news site</a>.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Four Charged in Brain Surgery Scam]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/22463/1/</link><description><![CDATA[One man claimed nine brain surgeries for himself, along with his wife and two sons, receiving reimbursements from his health insurance company totaling $142,268.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[30,000 people a year wake during surgery]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/54038/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Patients say it feels like being trapped in a corpse: They awake during surgery, unable to move or scream. Some remember hearing their surgeons talk, and a few recall feeling intense pain.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man loses top of his head in brain operation]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/33637/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Again with the bad brain surgery stories...]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nurse, I said pass me the Hemostatic Forceps, not the tuning fork]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/79336/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Bluegrass banjo player Eddie Adcock underwent brain surgery to treat a hand tremor that threatened his playing ability.<br/><br/>To make sure they got it right he played his banjo throughout the procedure.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rat-brain robot aids memory study ]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/75069/1/</link><description><![CDATA[A robot controlled by a blob of rat brain cells could provide insights into diseases such as Alzheimer's, University of Reading scientists say.<br/>Video included. And another in comments.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Right Brain vs. Left Brain:  Creativity Test]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/29876/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Being creative or artistic doesn&#8217;t mean you know how to draw or play an instrument. Being creative is a way of thinking, a way of viewing the world. <br/>Creative people use the RIGHT side of their brains more than the LEFT. Take the test and find out if your brain is RIGHT for a creative career.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[How memories are made, and recalled]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/76385/1/</link><description><![CDATA[For the first time, scientists at UCLA and the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel have recorded individual brain cells in the act of calling up a memory, thus revealing where in the brain a specific memory is stored and how the brain is able to recreate it.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Toys Read Brain Waves]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/18493/1/</link><description><![CDATA[A convincing twin of Darth Vader stalks the beige cubicles of a Silicon Valley office, complete with ominous black mask, cape and light saber. But this is no chintzy Halloween costume. It's a prototype, years in the making, of a toy that incorporates brain wave-reading technology.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man Hypnotized Himself For Painful Bone-Cutting Surgery]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/58943/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Hypnotherapist Alex Lenkei left medics stunned by snubbing anaesthetic and sending himself into a trance before undergoing surgery. Anaesthetist Richard Venn said the surgery would usually be carried out under general anaesthetic.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Demand for &quot;designer vagina&quot; surgery rising]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/21321/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Increasing British women are seeking state-funded cosmetic surgery on their genitals.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[See What Other See Through Brain Imaging]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/science/l/53384/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Brain Imaging test results suggest that it may soon be possible to reconstruct a picture of a person&#8217;s visual experience from measurements of brain activity alone. It may even be possible to &#8220;see&#8221; someone else&#8217;s dream.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jolie is plastic surgery 'gold standard']]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/19143/1/</link><description><![CDATA[ANGELINA Jolie is the gold standard of beauty among women seeking cosmetic surgery and that's not about to change, a leading Hollywood surgeon has told Australian specialists.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[Train your brain]]></title><link>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/6388/1/</link><description><![CDATA[Fun math, reaction time, and memory exercises for your brain.  If you register with the site, it tracks your progress.]]></description></item></channel></rss>