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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

  • Scientists ‘3D Print’ Material Deep Inside The Body Using Ultrasound

    May 20, 2025

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 20, 2025 Source:Scientists ‘3D Print’ Material Deep Inside The Body Using Ultrasound Reference:Imaging-guided deep tissue in vivo sound printing

  • 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

  • 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

  • Fantastic application of virtual reality tech allows Ottawa Hospital surgeons to walk around a tumour and its surrounding anatomical structures. This can help to plan surgical strategies that reduce procedure risks.

    December 13, 2023

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 13, 2023 Source:‘We’re inside the patient, looking directly at the tumour’: Gaming experience aids surgery

  • 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

  • Paralysed man walks again thanks to ‘digital bridge’ that wirelessly reconnects brain and spinal cord

    May 25, 2023

    Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 25, 2023 Source:Paralysed man walks again thanks to ‘digital bridge’ that wirelessly reconnects brain and spinal cord

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