Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) using implants is a promising research frontier in psychiatry and neuromedicine. DBS technique blocks tremors by using implants in brain have already tested on Parkinson’s

patients. More than 40,000 Parkinson’s patients worldwide have these implants showing positive results. Now scientists are discovering alternatives to control brain circuits with these implants for other diseases like chronic depression and obsessive compulsive disorder. The idea behind this is to explore whether these Continue reading…

A new X-Ray scanner is developed by Phillips that allows the radiologists to check out our body parts in format.The new body scanner makes the skeleton look very real! The Brilliance CT machine is a 256 slice X Ray scanner - the latest of it’s kind.

The machine reveals the inner body organs like lungs, heart, etc. like never before. People trying to diagnose a disease can now get 3D images of these organs. They can even take a peak in the blood Continue reading…

Anyone who devotes their life’s work to ensuring the well-being of breasts and to fighting the honorable fight against cancer, in our opinion, deserves the Nobel Peace Prize over environmental activists that have a household energy consumption 20 times the national average. Prof. Elias Siores, director of the Centre for Research and Innovation at the University of Bolton in the UK, is such a fellow. He has invented a product called the Smart Bra, which is hoped will be used to detect the initiation of cancer-forming cells prior to any substantial proliferation. Continue reading…