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...prerequisite much longer. There have been several reports lately of what might be called immaculate orgasms. The weekly New Scientist recently cited a discovery by Stuart Meloy, a U.S. surgeon. Meloy was putting electrodes in a woman's spine to switch off pain signals in nerves, with the patient awake to help him locate the right spots. "I was placing the electrodes and suddenly the woman started exclaiming emphatically," said Meloy. "I asked her what was up. She said, 'You're going to have to teach my husband to do that...
Forged artifacts are nothing new in Pakistan, whose ancient Gandhara-era Buddhist treasures are frequently copied and sold to unsuspecting collectors. Police have charged no one in the case, either for murder or forgery. So, for now, the body remains like a delicate patient on life support behind a locked door in a hermetically sealed glass chamber in the bowels of the National Museum, preserved by a steady stream of nitrogen. It is Pakistan's best-conserved and most intensively studied murder victim...
...three decades since, Achterberg has become a force in the world of mind-body medicine. She is best known for a healing technique called guided imagery, in which the patient meditates on her disease, her immune system and the medicines coursing through her body. And while nobody knows precisely how it works, guided imagery has shown clear benefit in reversing weight loss in cancer patients, reducing the length of hospital stays and easing the pain and fatigue of a number of ailments. Achterberg's greatest challenge came in 1999, when she developed cancer in her left eye. She refused treatment...
...Even taste sensations can travel through the brain and loop back to muscles. Tasting a nutrient, he says, stimulates an area of the brain responsible for muscle reflexes, so that a patient with a liver condition can swirl bile salts on his tongue and feel his pectorals strengthen...
...next wave of e-health firms is making the rounds, and this group might actually get the patient back on its feet. IBM, Microsoft and Pfizer have formed a new company that, armed with deep pockets and a strong sales force, will probably try to sell a Web-enabled clinical system to doctors' offices. The new venture will go head to head with MedicaLogic/Medscape and a streamlined, refocused WebMD. At the same time, Allscripts and a ton of software start-ups with colorful names like Epocrates, Iscribe, Ephysician and PatientKeeper are all struggling to get small practices to use handhelds...