Dr. Barry Dworkin

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  • Researchers record how life’s glow fades after death. Ultraweak photons detected from biochemical changes as cells shut down.

    May 23, 2025

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 23, 2025 Source:Researchers record how life’s glow fades after death Reference:Imaging Ultraweak Photon Emission from Living and Dead Mice and from Plants under Stress

  • Proof-of-concept study looks at robotics and spinal stimulation to restore movement in paralysis

    March 14, 2025

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 14, 2025 Source:Robotics and spinal stimulation restore movement in paralysis Reference:Augmenting rehabilitation robotics with spinal cord neuromodulation: A proof of concept

  • Startup company plans to insert muscle implants that could allow mind-controlled prosthetics

    December 10, 2024

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 10, 2024 Source:Muscle Implants Could Allow Mind-Controlled Prosthetics—No Brain Surgery Required

  • Implantable device to prevent opioid overdose has some practical issues to surmount.

    October 25, 2024

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 25, 2024 Source:Implantable device may prevent death from opioid overdose

  • Neuralink now accepting Canadian patients

    April 2, 2024

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 2, 2024 Source:Elon Musk’s Neuralink now accepting Canadian patients

  • FDA approves AI scanner that increases the physician’s accuracy in identifying skin cancers like basal and squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma.

    January 19, 2024

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 19, 2024 Source:FDA Approves AI Device That Helps Spot Skin Cancer

  • Sound waves get Alzheimer’s drug past brain barrier, small study shows

    January 10, 2024

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 10, 2024 Source:Sound waves get Alzheimer’s drug past brain barrier, small study shows Reference:Ultrasound Blood–Brain Barrier Opening and Aducanumab in Alzheimer’s Disease

  • Researchers faced with trying to explain findings that showed wearing hearing aids may help increase longevity

    January 8, 2024

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 8, 2024 Source:Wearing Hearing Aids May Help You Live Longer Reference:Association between hearing aid use and mortality in adults with hearing loss in the USA: a mortality follow-up study of a cross-sectional cohort

  • Do we really need a digital pill as an internal vital sign tracker? Much ado from an article that seems more to be an ad for the company that makes it.

    December 12, 2023

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 12, 2023 Source:This Pill Tracks Your Vitals From the Inside

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