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Why Medical Implants Have to Be Replaced Regularly

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Why Does Our Immune System Repel Medical Implants?

Medical implants allow us to live longer and healthier lives and can help us alter our body to meet our aesthetic standards, but it turns out that our immune system is working against these often life-saving medical alterations. But why is that?

This Neural Jelly-Like Implant is the Future

This Neural Jelly Implant Eradicates the Need for Drilling

The researchers are hoping that their work will lead to a new era of safer neural implants, while also giving rise to better, more accurate neural readings that could help us better understand diseases and other brain conditions.

Revolutionary Device Can Help Paralyzed People Walk Again

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INCREDIBLE! Paralyzed Man Walks with Brain Implants

This incredible feat is made possible by a cutting-edge "brain-spine interface" implanted into his body.

A Cure for Blindness? World's First Bionic Eye!

This isn't just a device though, it involves an implant in the back of the patient's brain, directly connected to their visual cortex - there it will be stimulating parts of their brain directly, bypassing whatever problem we had to see, whether the fault was in our eyes or in the neuronal connections

A New Treatment for Osteoarthritis of the Toe

Cartivia: The Revolutionary Treatment for Toe Arthritis

How Cartivia Works Cartivia is a synthetic cartilage implant that is designed to act as a replacement for arthritic joint tissue. The gel-like material imitates the quality and density of human cartilage, eliminating the aforementioned problematic side effects of metal implants.

An Electronic Implant to Return Motor Function

This Amazing Breakthrough Has Given Hope to Quadriplegics

Last June, the doctors implanted the stimulator into the body of a 28-year-old quadriplegic named Brian Gomez. The operation was conducted at Ronald Reagan University in California, USA. Gomez suffered his injuries during a dirt biking accident when he was 23 years old.

Scary Stories: 11 of the World's Creepiest Experiments

From human limbs being grown inside of pigs’ bladders, to electrodes being implanted within beetles, here are 11 of the creepiest experiments that are going on in the world right now: 1.

Science Could Cure These Common Diseases

5 Neurological Diseases that Are Close to Being Cured

However, these electrodes must be implanted into the eye and only stimulate a limited number of retinal ce lls, ultimately constraining the resolution of the individual's vision.

Memory-Enhancing Prosthesis Impresses in Trials

Did This Woman Augment Her Memory Using Surgery?

The participants already had brain implants as part of epilepsy treatment, and the prostheses were shown to markedly improve both their short and long-term memory.

6 Recent Groundbreaking Health & Medicine Advancements

From developing milestone medicines for Alzheimer’s disease to getting the first-ever knee replacement with a smart implant, here are some of the most significant medical breakthroughs — both large and small — from the past year. 1.

Using Deep Brain Stimulation to Treat Alzheimer's

Deep Brain Stimulation Could Help Keep Alzheimer's at Bay!

Doctors from Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center are currently experimenting with an implanted “pacemaking” device in Alzheimer’s patients in an attempt to help them retain their independence. This device allows the patient to undergo Deep Brain Stimulation therapy.

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What Can We Do to Help People with Parkinson?

Although there are a variety of treatments, what you are about to see is a New Zealand man who has undergone a Deep Brain Stimulation, in which a device is implanted in the motor cortex, where it keeps stimulating the right cells to discontinue most of the symptoms of PD.

The Technological Advancement of Eye Care

Seeing is Believing: Bionic Eyes and Advanced Eye Care

Source [related_articles] Corneal implant to replace reading glasses As you age, you come to accept that reading clearly requires the aid of glasses. Soon this notion will be a relic.

Our Guide to Weight Loss (Bariatric) Surgery

Considering Weight Loss Surgery? Here's the Ultimate Guide

Cost: $15,000-$25,000 (US prices, depending on state) Covered by the Affordable Care Act: Yes (23/50 US states) Mortality Rate: 0.1% Electrical Implant Weight Loss Surgery The most recently-devised type of weight loss surgery involves the implantation of an electrical device into your body, which interrupts

Beautiful Reactions of People Hearing For The First Time

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Touching: When Deaf People Heard Sound for the First Time

In this heartwarming video, you will get to see various deaf and hearing-impaired people express happiness at hearing for the first time with the help of cochlear implants. Their reactions are so beautiful and pure that you are bound to have tears in your eyes.

There Are Plenty of Great Things in Store For Us Next Year

2022 Is Almost Here, And Here's the Good News...

Air taxis might be here sooner than we expect. 6. 3D-printed bone implants Researchers have been trying to develop ways to create artificial organs using 3D printing of biological materials for years now. 3D printing is already being used to produce toys, homes, and scientific tools, and scientists believe

Computers & Internet

The Internet of Things Isn't Science Fiction - It's Here

These smart devices will range anywhere from medical chips implanted into people to monitor vital signs, to smart appliances in the home, to more complex commercial and industrial applications.

Computers & Internet

14 Ways of Minimizing Cellphone Radiation Exposure

Minimize Exposure to Cellphone Radiation with This Guide

People who have active medical implants should preferably keep the cell phone at least 15cm away from the medical implant. * While purchasing a mobile handset, check its SAR value. This can be found on the internet if you know its make and model. 14.

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When a Deaf Person Hears for the First Time...

Now, after 40 years of silence, she has had bilateral cochlea implants fitted which allow her to hear for the first ever, this is the moment they are switched on. Rejoice with her as she hears words for the very first time.

Human Evolution Over the Next Millennium

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WATCH: The Next 1,000 Years of Human Evolution

From gene editing, to nano implants, to environmental changes, take a look at this exploration of the possibilities for human evolution over the next 1,000 years.

13 Heroic Acts That Show the Lengths a Dad Will Go for Love

Cyborg dad: Father gets implant tattoo to make daughter comfortable with her implant Source [related_articles] 10. One of a kind tattoo: This father gets his son’s drawings tattooed on his arms Source 11.

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Deaf Toddler Hears Voice for the 1st Time!

That all changed about a week ago, when doctors implanted a tiny device that replaces the missing nerve, allowing his brain to finally receive those missing signals, and so Grayson gets to hear, for the very first time, his father's voice. Deaf Toddler Hears Voice for the 1st Time!

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Fascinating Science: How Old Can We Actually Get?

The reasons seems to be better medical treatment, better medical knowledge of regular citizens and of course vaccinations, implants and medical technology in general is much more adept at tacking age-related issues. So, how long can a human body go for? This video aims to answer that question.