Sidney Goldring, Advocate for Brain Procedure, Dies at 81
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Dr. Sidney Goldring was a neurosurgeon and an educator who was an early advocate for a brain operation that he helped to develop for patients with severe epilepsy.
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Ray Sandvig, 83, of Hermitage was one of the first Americans to hear the raw accounts of gruesome Nazi medical experiments when he served as a public safety officer at the Nuremberg ''Doctors Trial'' nearly six ...
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Circular cut marks indicate someone attempted to drill two holes in the skull to relieve pressure on the brain, researchers said. The patient, a European man, died and was apparently autopsied.
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Former Mayor James E. West, who opposed gay-rights bills but was recalled from office over an Internet gay sex scandal, died Saturday of complications from recent cancer surgery. He was 55.a
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A man diagnosed with terminal lung cancer who was planning to host his own living wake has died.
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Clarence Hill dies by lethal injection after losing an appeal challenging the procedure.
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Sidney Sheldon, an Oscar-winning Hollywood screenwriter who went on to become one of the world's most prolific novelists, died in California on Tuesday at the age of 89, a publicist said.
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"Superman" actor Christopher Reeve,  who became a leading advocate for spinal cord research after a  horseback riding accident left him paralyzed nine years ago,  has died of heart failure, his publicist said on Monday. He was  52.
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It's said to be the closest thing to being buried alive -- his body can't move, but he still can feel and think. That's how 24-year-old Erik Ramsey has spent the last eight years of his life. He suffered a brain stem stroke after a car wreck leaving him with "locked-in" syndrome. New research may give Erik a miracle. A scientist has invented an device that detects signals in the speech area of Erik's brain.
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Ancel Keys, a pioneer in public health best known for identifying the connection between a cholesterol-rich diet and heart disease, has died.
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Superman film star Christopher Reeve, who became a vocal advocate for spinal-cord research after a disabling horse-riding accident nine years ago, died Oct. 10 of complications from an infection caused by a bedsore, the Associated Press reported.
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Dr. William Dobelle, who developed an experimental system of artificial vision that involved the transmission of electrical signals to electrodes implanted in the brain and attached to the visual cortex, has died.
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Professor Maurice Wilkins, who helped unlock the structure of DNA with Crick, Watson and Franklin, has died aged 87.
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British scientists and science commentators have paid tribute to the DNA pioneer Maurice Wilkins, who died on Tuesday aged 88. Professor Wilkins, who called himself &quot;the third man of the double helix&quot;, helped
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A doctor from the First Coast was able to spend time with recently deceased actor, Christopher Reeve, whose efforts to promote stem cell research continues to stir up controversy.
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KIRKLAND, Wash. - George Swift Schairer, a scientist whose discovery of Nazi wind tunnel research played a crucial role in development of swept-wing jets, died Thursday of complications from Alzheimerâs disease, his son said.
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Sidney Sheldon, who won awards in three careers, Broadway theater, movies and television, and who at age 50 turned to writing best-selling novels about stalwart women who triumph in a hostile world of ruthless men, has died. He was 89.