Showing posts with label MedicalAid. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MedicalAid. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Computer Chip Implant to Program Brain Activity, Treat Parkinson’s

"But researchers have their sights on an even more ambitious goal: rehabilitating the brain’s learning capacities, which would require increasing neural plasticitity. If the ReNaChip could be used to create and strengthen new connective networks, it could partially improve an older brain’s ability to learn new tricks."

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Saving an Arab Baby

"IDF paramedics save life of an Arab woman giving birth in settlement where Fogel relatives were sitting shiva. The paramedic noted that on the day of the Fogel massacre, settlers saw fireworks and celebrations in nearby Palestinian communities, but added that the local medical team is committed to assisting anyone in need. Palestinians from the nearby village of Nabi Salah gathered around the paramedics along with the new grandmother and could not hide their joy. "They thanked us and told us they named the girl Jude," Corporal Levin said. "I volunteered for Magen David Adom since age 15 and it's the first time I witnessed childbirth. It was an amazing feeling, to hold the girl that was just born in my arms, and to know that in this complex place we did something good."