Neuroscience

Researchers study how cochlear implants affect brain circuits

Four-year-old William Wootton was born profoundly deaf, but thanks to cochlear implants fitted when he was about 18 months old, the Granite Bay preschooler plays with a keyboard synthesizer and reacts to the sounds of airplanes ...

Cardiology

Viagra might make for a safer, more effective stent

(HealthDay)—It's worked wonders for men battling erectile dysfunction, and now early research suggests that Viagra—when added to artery-opening stents—might cut a patient's odds for clots.

Surgery

Link found between textured breast implants and rare cancer

New research has revealed that infection by bacteria on the surface of textured breast implants may increase women's risk of developing a rare type of cancer – newly designated as breast implant associated anaplastic large ...

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