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Sadly, I didn't get to prove that point to my doctor--our son was a breech baby and delivered by caesarean section. But the hypnobirthing lessons were not in vain: they helped me cope when two anesthesiologists made six attempts at inserting my spinal block for surgery, and I was able to relax through the postsurgical pain with a minimum of medication. Four months later, when our son finally falls asleep each night, I know just how to relax and swiftly follow suit...
...fact, some of Moon and Hwang's stem cells evidently turned into bone, muscle and immature brain cells. If scientists can learn to control their development, stem cells could in theory supply replacement tissues to treat any ailment involving cell damage--and there are plenty, including heart disease, diabetes, spinal-cord injury, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. "Our goal," said Hwang during a press conference at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Seattle last week, "is not to clone humans, but to understand the causes of diseases...
Hueston, basing his argument on the difficult European experience in stopping the recycling of animal feed, said he still supports IRS recommendations to ban risky materials, such as brain and spinal cord tissue, from animal feed and pet food...
...recent USDA regulation also bans brain and spinal cord materials from cows over 30 months old from entering the human food chain. It is still allowed in animal feed, however...
...cognitive tests with positron-emission tomography (PET). PET is an imaging technique that shows the brain's metabolism at work. Preliminary research suggests that it may also be possible for physicians to detect certain telltale signs of Alzheimer's disease--the so-called amyloid and tau proteins--in the spinal fluid...