The Verdict
> Don’t deny the diagnosis. But do defy the verdict. Norman Cousins via @FredericBrussat…
Olympics
Stroke paient carries Olympic torch. Cool! (via@natlstrokeassoc)…
A Doctor's Touch
I’ve written about robotics and telemonitoring in medicine before (check the health care tag here and at [Posthaven](http://mikeschultz.posthaven.com/tag/health%20care)) and even talked to a doctor about it, but in 18 minutes Dr Verghese tells what I really want from a doctor and why…
Folklife Festival Highlight
Label this one From-the-department-of-stuff-I-never-thought-I’d-never-do. At the Festival of American Folklife on the National Mall.…
Frontiers of Malware
> In what amounts to a fairly shocking reminder of how quickly our technologies are advancing and how deeply our lives are being woven with networked computation, security researchers have recently reported successes in remotely compromising and controlling two different medical implant devices. Such implanted devices are becoming more and…
Bionic Men and Women
> Thanks to the burgeoning power of technology, a series of bionic devices my turn society’s disabled population into a generation of super-humans. That sounds far-fetched, but when brain implants combine instant neural communication with superior prosthetics, the performance of the human body will be easily augmented. “The sudden…
Walking
> “The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth.” Chinese Proverb via @FredericBrussat Never struck me until I saw it today, but this is a great thought for rehab.…
Music Helps TBI Patients Unlock Memories
> Dr Baird — who is now conducting the same study with a larger group of brain-injured patients — said her research had shown the potential for music to help restore personal memories in that group. > "It’s something that we know very well in everyday life — we all put…