With Lasers and Daring, Doctors Race to Save a Young Manâs Brain
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Chris Ratuszny was the first person in the U.S. to undergo an operation involving the use of an excimer laser to treat a giant brain aneurysm.
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Dr. Michael R. Treat is hard at work on an invention he hopes will change the way surgeons work in the operating room - an automated helping hand.
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A little-known Food and Drug program is testing the latest medical technology to determine how safe and useful it can be. One cutting-edge experiment is designed to see if
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A new movie brings anesthesia awareness, a rare phenomenon that doctors are still struggling to understand, to life.
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Technological skills, like maneuvering a mouse, are becoming part of a childâs developmental milestones.
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The darkness of the soul encounters the science of pharmaceuticals.
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The father of a gravely ill premature baby, whose doctors wish to end her life, told a court that his daughter was a &quot;fighter&quot; and that future scientific developments could enrich her life.
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Research could lead to improvements in prosthetic limbs and robotsScientists have long struggled to figure out how the brain guides the complex movement of our limbs, from the graceful leaps of ballerinas to the simple everyday act of picking up a cup of coffee.
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Eye care specialist TLC draws eyes to the field of high-tech vision correction.
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Ultrashort-pulse lasers are poised to make a big splash in medical and other industries. Former AOL CEO Barry Schuler says he's leading the charge.
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Petaluma, California, is the unlikely home of a small development team working to radically change cancer surgery and a host of medical and industrial applications with a cool new laser.
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Lasers may be the weapon of choice for sci-fi movie heroes when the fate of the galaxy hangs in the balance. But back here on Planet Earth, lasers are at the center of a movie battle of another kind: the one
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Scientists develop a method of routinely growing stem cells in conditions similar to the human body.
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A cutting-edge laboratory has opened in Alabama.  Its mission: to combat diseases ranging from asthma to malaria to stroke using data from NASA satellites.  Space scientists and public health officials are working together to train the doctors of tomorrow in this far-out approach to medicine.
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Doctors hope to use the body's own nerves to bridge the gap in the spinal cord left by paralysing injuries.
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A laser designed for military use is close to hitting a power threshold thought necessary to turn it into a battlefield weapon.
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A team of US researchers has shown that controlling devices with the brain is a step closer. Four people, two of them partly paralysed wheelchair users, successfully moved a computer cursor while wearing a cap with 64 electrodes.