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A pair of brain microchips could one day allow those in 'pseudocomas' to communicate whatever they want, a new breakthrough suggests. In a first, a 34-year-old patient who lacked even the most subtle of muscle twitches has used the technology to share a few precious words with his family, using little more than an intent to move his eyes.   Similar devices have previously given patients with the fast-progressing condition amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) the means to send simple messages with extremely limited movements, but researchers say the severity of the man's condition here represents a significant advancement for the technology.  "To our knowledge, ours is the first study to achieve communication by someone who has no remaining voluntary movement and hence for whom the BCI...

British businessman, 47, is trapped in Costa Rica after suffering gangrene of the genitals following a horror reaction to routine surgery – as his family battle to bring him home for treatment  Colin Graw, 47, underwent a minor surgical procedure in Costa Rica in January Four days later Mr Graw's genitals were being attacked by a flesh eating bug He spent nine weeks in hospital fighting for his life amassing a bill of £80,0000 His family in Lancashire have launched a GoFundMe to help him return home  By Darren Boyle for MailOnline Published: 18:22 EDT, 23 March 2022 | Updated: 18:23 EDT, 23 March 2022 <!-- <!-- <!-- <!-- <!-- (function (src, d, tag){ var s = d.createElement(tag), prev = d.getElementsByTagName(tag)[0]; ...

A team of scientists said Wednesday they had developed a male oral contraceptive that was 99 percent effective in mice and didn't cause observable side effects, with the drug expected to enter human trials by the end of this year.   The findings will be presented at the American Chemical Society's spring meeting, and mark a key step towards expanding birth control options – as well as responsibilities – for men. Ever since the female birth control pill was first approved in the 1960s, researchers have been interested in a male equivalent, Md Abdullah Al Noman, a graduate student at the University of Minnesota who will present the work, told AFP. "Multiple studies showed that men are interested in sharing the responsibility of birth control with their partners," he said – but until no...

Symptoms from the new omicron variant’s subvariant — named the BA.2 variant— might be mistaken for spring allergies, experts recently told CBS News. Why it matters: The coronavirus pandemic has hit a lull period in the United States. As spring emerges, the new coronavirus variant symptoms might be mistaken for simple spring allergies. Driving the news: Dr. Celine Gounder, a clinical assistant professor of medicine and infectious diseases at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, told CBS News that you can’t tell the difference between seasonal allergies and COVID-19. Symptoms: Gounder said specific symptoms such as the sniffles, a cough or a stuffy nose could all be from COVID-19, the flu or seasonal allergies. “So you have those symptoms, j...

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<!-- --> BA.2 currently accounts for 35 percent of cases nationally and is expected to become dominant soon. Washington: Covid is making its latest comeback in parts of the northeastern United States as the BA.2 coronavirus variant becomes dominant in the country, officials said Wednesday, while urging Congress to pass new funding or risk the supply of future treatments and vaccines. The country is currently registering an average of 28,600 cases per day, down well below the last peak of more than 800,000 average daily infections, seen in January. Covid-19 deaths are running at around 900 per day -- with a total of one million deaths from the disease expected withing about a month. But Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director Rochelle Walensky told reporters the...

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With coronavirus cases rising in parts of Europe and Asia, scientists worry that an extra-contagious version of the omicron variant may soon push cases up in the United States too. Experts are also keeping their eyes on another mutant: a rare delta-omicron hybrid that they say doesn’t pose much of a threat right now but shows how wily the coronavirus can be. The U.S. will likely see an uptick in cases caused by the omicron descendant BA.2 starting in the next few weeks, according to Dr. Eric Topol, head of Scripps Research Translational Institute. “It’s inevitable we will see a BA.2 wave here,” he said. One reason? After about two months of falling COVID-19 cases, pandemic restrictions have been lifted across the U.S. Many people are taking off their masks and returning to indoor spaces l...

Menopausal women are told to ditch simple carbs as study finds foods like pasta and bread spike their blood sugar more sharply leaving them prone to weight gain and diabetes Study found post-menopausal women were more impacted by simple carbs They had bigger increases to blood sugar, putting them at more risk of diabetes One author said it showed how the change was a 'major metabolic upheaval' They urged women to ditch simple carbs post-menopause to combat the effect By John Ely Senior Health Reporter For Mailonline Published: 14:55 EDT, 23 March 2022 | Updated: 15:02 EDT, 23 March 2022 <!-- <!-- <!-- <!-- <!-- (function (src, d, tag){ var s = d.createElement(tag), prev = d.getElementsByTagName(tag)[0]; s.src = src; ...