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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. Re:Very very simple words by Ethanol-fueled · · Score: 0, Troll

    I think it's great that drunk drivers are being used for medical experimentation. Far better than tormenting innocent monkeys.

    Not only drunk drivers, but all comatose people(then extend that idea to different medical trials on other ailments as well). Better to help advance medical science than to lay there and cost tremendous amounts of money doing nothing like Terry Schiavo did. Not that it was her fault, but you get the idea.