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Patient "Roused From Coma" By a Magnetic Therapy

Posted by timothy on from the this-is-why-pole-reversal's-a-good-thing dept.

missb writes "Could the gentle currents from a fluctuating magnetic field be used to reverse the effects of traumatic brain injury? New Scientist reports on a patient in the US who was in a coma-like state, but can now speak very simple words after being given transcranial magnetic stimulation. This is the first time TMS has been used as a therapy to try and rouse a patient out of a coma."

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  1. If we're going by Pike rules... by anotherone · · Score: 3, Funny

    "When you talk to him he will move his mouth to show he is listening," McAndrews says. "If I ask him, 'Do you love me?' he'll do two slow eye blinks, yes.

    She better hope he wasn't a Star Trek fan.

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  3. Magnets Do Make You Smarter by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    >> magnetic field be used to reverse the effects of traumatic brain injury?

    I threw a magnet at my brother-in-law, after he drank all my beer. He's a lot smarter as a result. Now he sneaks out after the beer is gone.

  4. Re:hey! by camperdave · · Score: 4, Funny

    When are people going to realize that the mind control people moved underground because they found that from underneath, tinfoil hats make nice parabolic reflectors?

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