Word: braine
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Still, no one wants to put the brain of his or her offspring at risk, even for the sake of a few minutes of peace, so it would be nice if there were shows that actually did small children some good. Under these circumstances, a parent might even regard TV as something positive rather than as a form of sedation. But are there such shows? And are any of them not Barney...
...terrifying experience of "awareness" during surgery, having gone through it during open-heart surgery in 1977. As a psychiatrist, I work with patients with a variety of post-traumatic-stress disorders arising from car accidents, physical abuse and other traumas. The new device that can monitor the patient's brain waves and alert the medical staff if there is a potentially dangerous state of awareness will save the sanity of many surgical patients. But many of those who experienced such a trauma long ago may not even realize that surgery was the cause of present stress. Physicians should screen...
...Tracking brain waves to detect awareness during surgery has been a dream for years, but technology to date has not met the challenge. Your report raised patients' anxiety, and you may have created unwarranted optimism that a solution has been found. MICHAEL F. MULROY, M.D. Department of Anesthesiology Virginia Mason Medical Center Seattle...
...large university where many professors are difficult to reach, I find her outwardly encouraging me to pick her brain about any topic that interests me," he says. "Working for Professor Prentiss has convinced me that I want to be an atomic physicist... I could not speak more highly of a person for her ability as a scientist, as a teacher and as a leader...
...closer to a blood test for mad-cow disease in animals. They've come up with a new way to detect prions, the infectious agents that cause the disease. Until now, the only way to track down prions has been to perform a biopsy on the dead cow's brain...