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I can't wait to see more about this!
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1. NEURO 'PACEMAKER' [man] Emerges from 6 yea rs in coma- like state after
new treatment (3)
2. Psychology of the Handicapped
3. obama wants to invade pakastan? (4)
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Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 05:39:29 -0400
From: Meir Weiss <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: NEURO 'PACEMAKER' [man] Emerges from 6 yea rs in coma- like state after new treatment
I understand what both of you are saying
I most literally PRAY that in
2007-8.............................................
Technology being used is the best and newest?
Ok ok I'll take my rose colored glasses off now
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From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Michael H. Collis
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 21:41
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: NEURO 'PACEMAKER' [man] Emerges from 6 yea rs in coma- like state
after new treatment
I had it done to me in 1978; it worked for me, but only a little. I decided to
let the battery die and not get a new battery, becausae the benefits didn't
compare favorably with the expence. I was letting society dictate to me what
they wanted of me (less jerkiness, more co-ordination, more clear speech),
instead of understanding that society is the one that disables. Once I
understood that, I said no more expence.
---- Original message ----
>Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 11:44:48 -0600
>From: "Kendall D. Corbett" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: NEURO 'PACEMAKER' [man] Emerges from 6 yea rs in coma-
>like state after new treatment
>To: [log in to unmask]
>
>Meir,
>
>I heard this, and heard the same thing had been tried with Terri
>Schiavo, and it didn't work. Have heard of deep brain stim being used
>in people with brain injuries and CP for spasticity and dystonia.
>
>http://jnnp.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/72/2/249
>
>http://content.karger.com/ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?Aktion=ShowPDF&Produk
>tNr=224132&Ausgabe=228997&ArtikelNr=68963&filename=68963.pdf
>
>http://tinyurl.com/2xmes4
>
>
>
>
>
>On 8/2/07, Meir Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Article rank CLEVELAND CLINIC
>>
>> Three-dimensional computer rendering depicts deep-brain stimulation
>> electrodes that U.S. researchers say helped a 38-year-old man, who
>> had been unable to communicate or feed himself for six years, emerge from a
coma-like state.
>>
>> Implants awaken brain-injured man
>>
>> NEURO 'PACEMAKER' Emerges from 6 years in coma- like state after new
>> treatment
>>
>> MARGARET MUNRO CANWEST NEWS SERVICE
>> A 38-year-old U.S. man unable to communicate or feed himself for six
>> years has been reawakened from a coma-like state by tiny electrodes
>> implanted deep in his brain.
>>
>>
>> The man, incapacitated after an assault left him in a "minimally
>> conscious state," is interacting with family and friends, and
>> gradually regaining more control of his mind and body.
>>
>>
>> The family has requested anonymity, but the man's mother gave a
>> tearful account in a teleconference yesterday of how her son was
>> declared a "vegetable" and languished in a care facility after his
>> skull was crushed and he was "left for dead" following a robbery.
>>
>>
>> She thanked doctors for bringing back the eldest of her three sons,
>> who had loved music, drawing and comic books.
>>
>>
>> With the electrodes delivering weak electrical pulses to his brain
>> for 12 hours a day, she said he is once again connecting with the
>> world. He can watch movies, drink from a cup, cry, laugh, express pain and
say: "I love you, mommy."
>>
>>
>> "I still cry every time I see him, but now it's tears of joy," she said.
>>
>>
>> The researchers, who describe the case in the journal Nature, say
>> deep-brain stimulation is opening the door to treatment of severe
>> brain damage and might eventually help thousands of families.
>>
>>
>> Dr. Ali Rezai, director of the Centre for Neurological Restoration at
>> the Cleveland Clinic, led the surgical team that implanted two
>> electrodes in the man's brain in 2005, wiring them to pacemaker
>> batteries in his chest in a bid to switch on undamaged regions of his
>> brain. Rezai likens the result to a pacemaker for the brain. The
>> doctors charting the man's progress say the changes have been "remarkable and
sustained."
>>
>>
>> "He regularly uses words and gestures and responds to questions
>> quickly," said Dr. Joseph Giacino, co-leader of the study and
>> associate director of the
>>
>>
>> Wired wonder: New Jersey Neuroscience Institute. The man, who lives
>> in an East Coast rehabilitation centre, no longer requires a feeding
>> tube and can drink from a cup and brush his hair. He routinely speaks
>> in snatches of two and three words and has been able to recite the
>> first 16 words of the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance.
>>
>>
>> While the man is good at engaging in the moment, the doctors say he
>> has trouble retaining new information and remembering what has happened from
day to day.
>> Years of severe immobility also greatly limit his movements, and he
>> is unable to stand or walk, although the researchers are not ruling
>> out the possibility that he will be able to do so.
>>
>>
>> "His body now has to catch up with his brain," said Dr. Joseph Fins,
>> chief of medical ethics at New York's Weill Cornell Medical College,
>> who is helping guide the project.
>>
>>
>> The U.S. team plans to try the procedure on 11 more patients as part
>> of a government-approved trial. If successful, it could lead to
>> re-evaluation of countless people in the minimally conscious state.
>> There is little reliable data on how many people are in such a state,
>> but the researchers said one study has estimated there could be as many as
280,000 North Americans.
>>
>>
>> "It will force us to take a second look at each case and - for
>> appropriate patients - move away from the therapeutic nihilism that
>> has so plagued this population, most of whom are ignored, receiving
>> what is euphemistically described as 'custodial care,' " Fins said.
>>
>>
>> Observers caution that the procedure has so far only been shown to
>> work in one carefully selected patient and much more research is needed.
>>
>>
>> "It is impressive, but it is just the first step," said Dr. Elena
>> Moro, the neurologist in charge of deep-brain stimulation at Toronto Western
Hospital.
>>
>>
>> The Toronto team, the largest group of its kind in Canada, implants
>> deep-brain stimulation electrodes in about 60 patients a year to
>> treat movement disorders, pain, epilepsy and, as part of a clinical trial,
severe depression.
>>
>>
>> The probes target different regions of the brain depending on the
>> disorder. Moro said it is not clear how the electrical impulses work
>> to reduce pain, restore the ability to walk or, as appears to be the
>> case with the U.S. man, to reconnect individuals with the conscious world.
>>
>>
>> The U.S. researchers speculate that the electrical impulses are
>> amplifying their MCS patient's brain activity and are "bumping up" its
efficiency.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>
>Kendall
>
>An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)
>
>The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
>persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all
>progress depends on the unreasonable man.
>
>-George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
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Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 07:29:57 -0400
From: Kat <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: NEURO 'PACEMAKER' [man] Emerges from 6 yea rs in coma- like state after new treatment
I'd like to say that the cochlear implant I had back in June and the spee=
ch processor have=20
been the best things to happen for my hearing - so yay to modern technolo=
gy!
Kat
&On Fri, 3 Aug 2007 05:39:29 -0400, Meir Weiss <[log in to unmask]>=
wrote:
>I understand what both of you are saying
>
>I most literally PRAY that in
>2007-8.............................................
>
>Technology being used is the best and newest?
>
>Ok ok I'll take my rose colored glasses off now
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf =
Of
>Michael H. Collis
>Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 21:41
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: NEURO 'PACEMAKER' [man] Emerges from 6 yea rs in coma- like=
state
>after new treatment
>
>I had it done to me in 1978; it worked for me, but only a little. I dec=
ided to
>let the battery die and not get a new battery, becausae the benefits did=
n't
>compare favorably with the expence. I was letting society dictate to me=
what
>they wanted of me (less jerkiness, more co-ordination, more clear speech=
),
>instead of understanding that society is the one that disables. Once I
>understood that, I said no more expence.
>
>---- Original message ----
>>Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 11:44:48 -0600
>>From: "Kendall D. Corbett" <[log in to unmask]>
>>Subject: Re: NEURO 'PACEMAKER' [man] Emerges from 6 yea rs in coma-
>>like state after new treatment
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>
>>Meir,
>>
>>I heard this, and heard the same thing had been tried with Terri
>>Schiavo, and it didn't work. Have heard of deep brain stim being used
>>in people with brain injuries and CP for spasticity and dystonia.
>>
>>http://jnnp.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/72/2/249
>>
>>http://content.karger.com/ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?Aktion=3DShowPDF&;=
Produk
>>tNr=3D224132&Ausgabe=3D228997&ArtikelNr=3D68963&filename=3D=
68963.pdf
>>
>>http://tinyurl.com/2xmes4
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>On 8/2/07, Meir Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>> Article rank CLEVELAND CLINIC
>>>
>>> Three-dimensional computer rendering depicts deep-brain stimulation
>>> electrodes that U.S. researchers say helped a 38-year-old man, who
>>> had been unable to communicate or feed himself for six years, emerge =
from a
>coma-like state.
>>>
>>> Implants awaken brain-injured man
>>>
>>> NEURO 'PACEMAKER' Emerges from 6 years in coma- like state after new
>>> treatment
>>>
>>> MARGARET MUNRO CANWEST NEWS SERVICE
>>> A 38-year-old U.S. man unable to communicate or feed himself for six
>>> years has been reawakened from a coma-like state by tiny electrodes
>>> implanted deep in his brain.
>>>
>>>
>>> The man, incapacitated after an assault left him in a "minimally
>>> conscious state," is interacting with family and friends, and
>>> gradually regaining more control of his mind and body.
>>>
>>>
>>> The family has requested anonymity, but the man's mother gave a
>>> tearful account in a teleconference yesterday of how her son was
>>> declared a "vegetable" and languished in a care facility after his
>>> skull was crushed and he was "left for dead" following a robbery.
>>>
>>>
>>> She thanked doctors for bringing back the eldest of her three sons,
>>; who had loved music, drawing and comic books.
>>>
>>>
>>> With the electrodes delivering weak electrical pulses to his brain
>>> for 12 hours a day, she said he is once again connecting with the
>>> world. He can watch movies, drink from a cup, cry, laugh, express pai=
n and
>say: "I love you, mommy."
>>>
>>>
>>> "I still cry every time I see him, but now it's tears of joy," she sa=
id.
>>>
>>>
>>> The researchers, who describe the case in the journal Nature, say
>>> deep-brain stimulation is opening the door to treatment of severe
>>> brain damage and might eventually help thousands of families.
>>>
>>>
>>> Dr. Ali Rezai, director of the Centre for Neurological Restoration at=
>>> the Cleveland Clinic, led the surgical team that implanted two
>>> electrodes in the man's brain in 2005, wiring them to pacemaker
>>> batteries in his chest in a bid to switch on undamaged regions of his=
>>> brain. Rezai likens the result to a pacemaker for the brain. The
>>> doctors charting the man's progress say the changes have been "remark=
able and
>sustained."
>>>
>>>
>>> "He regularly uses words and gestures and responds to questions
>>> quickly," said Dr. Joseph Giacino, co-leader of the study and
>>> associate director of the
>>>
>>>
>>> Wired wonder: New Jersey Neuroscience Institute. The man, who lives
>>> in an East Coast rehabilitation centre, no longer requires a feeding
>>> tube and can drink from a cup and brush his hair. He routinely speaks=
>>> in snatches of two and three words and has been able to recite the
>>> first 16 words of the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance.
>>>
>>>
>>> While the man is good at engaging in the moment, the doctors say he
>>> has trouble retaining new information and remembering what has happen=
ed from
>day to day.
>>> Years of severe immobility also greatly limit his movements, and he
>>> is unable to stand or walk, although the researchers are not ruling
>>> out the possibility that he will be able to do so.
>>>
>>>
>>> "His body now has to catch up with his brain," said Dr. Joseph Fins,
>>> chief of medical ethics at New York's Weill Cornell Medical College,
>>> who is helping guide the project.
>>>
>>>
>>> The U.S. team plans to try the procedure on 11 more patients as part
>>> of a government-approved trial. If successful, it could lead to
>>> re-evaluation of countless people in the minimally conscious state.
>>> There is little reliable data on how many people are in such a state,=
>>> but the researchers said one study has estimated there could be as ma=
ny as
>280,000 North Americans.
>>>
>>>
>>> "It will force us to take a second look at each case and - for
>>> appropriate patients - move away from the therapeutic nihilism that
>>> has so plagued this population, most of whom are ignored, receiving
>>> what is euphemistically described as 'custodial care,' " Fins said.
>>>
>>>
>>> Observers caution that the procedure has so far only been shown to
>>> work in one carefully selected patient and much more research is need=
ed.
>>>
>>>
>>> "It is impressive, but it is just the first step," said Dr. Elena
>>> Moro, the neurologist in charge of deep-brain stimulation at Toronto =
Western
>Hospital.
>>>
>>>
>>> The Toronto team, the largest group of its kind in Canada, implants
>>> deep-brain stimulation electrodes in about 60 patients a year to
>>> treat movement disorders, pain, epilepsy and, as part of a clinical t=
rial,
>severe depression.
>>>
>>>
>>> The probes target different regions of the brain depending on the
>>> disorder. Moro said it is not clear how the electrical impulses work
>>> to reduce pain, restore the ability to walk or, as appears to be the
>>> case with the U.S. man, to reconnect individuals with the conscious w=
orld.
>>>
>>>
>>> The U.S. researchers speculate that the electrical impulses are
>>> amplifying their MCS patient's brain activity and are "bumping up" it=
s
>efficiency.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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>>
>>
>>--
>>
>>
>>Kendall
>>
>>An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)
>>
>>The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
>>persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all
>>progress depends on the unreasonable man.
>>
>>-George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
>>
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Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 08:55:22 -0400
From: Yvonne Singer <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Psychology of the Handicapped
Dear Friends,
Having any kind of disabilities should not prevent anybody from becoming a
productive member of society. If medical doctors cannot determine the full
extent of a person’s brain damage, how can they assume that the person has
very low intelligence, especially when she or he has no way of
communicating? In addition, how can these doctors predict the person will
never do anything? Doctors know that science presents a lot of trial and
error. They should say, "Since the person has no way of communicating, we
cannot determine his or her intelligence at this time. We recommend the
person must seek therapy and education." This way the person has hope of a
better life!
Even though nobody thought that I would not amount to anything due to having
severe Cerebral Palsy, I am an on-line psychology professor at Middlesex
County College. If I had given up fighting up the good fight, I would have
died a long time ago. An article, entitled Her greatest lesson is her
tenacity (http://home.att.net/~ysinger/slartps.htm), was published in the
Star Ledger. I recently wrote an essay called Teaching The “Yes, I Can”
Attitude
(http://prod.campuscruiser.com/cruiser/middlesexcc/yvonnems2369/canyes.html).
On February 16, 2007, I submitted a course proposal to teach Psychology of
Handicapped on-line for Middlesex County College. I quickly taught myself
how to search for college textbooks and software because I never received
any assistance. It was disheartening to rediscover that there are not many
college textbooks on developmental disabilities. To my amazement, there are
many textbooks about other minorities such as African Americans and Gender
Issues. Why? It is quite simple. As long as people with disabilities do not
have a voice, they must continue fighting the good fight in order to gain
equal rights and equal opportunities. When I finally found an appropriate
textbook, I was so thrilled! After the course proposal was approved on
4/4/2007, I designed Psychology of the Handicapped on-line classroom in
WebCT 4.1.1 format. I collected numerous Internet links to support the
course materials because the textbook did not come with SOFTWARE. I plan to
teach this course as an adjunct during Spring 2008. Originally, I was going
to teach it this Fall 2007.
Could you please place http://home.att.net/~ysinger/ onto your web pages?
If you want to talk more, email me at [log in to unmask] .
Fighting the good fight,
Yvonne Singer
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Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 12:25:05 -0600
From: "Kendall D. Corbett" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: obama wants to invade pakastan?
Deri,
I'm very uncomfortable with "surgical strike" missions. They too
frequently have unacceptable collateral damages. And how in the he**
is he going to engineer another opportunity like the one in 2005? If
I remember correctly, that was tried, and failed, if not in the
specific 2005 instance, at another time.
The lack of criticism for Israel is one factor that's frequently
pointed to as contributing to the rise of Al Qaeda.
It may be worse than the Post - He bought the Wall Street Journal,
unless I missed the news about him buying the Post, too.
On 8/2/07, Deri James <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On Thursday 02 August 2007 20:43:12 ken barber wrote:
> > thanks kendall, even after reading them, i must say i
> > am surprised by him saying this.
>
> From what I understand he was talking about a surgical strike based on an
> intelligence report of a planned meeting of al quaeda "high command" in 2005.
> Presumably this meeting would have decided which terrorist strikes to work
> towards in the future. Not an invasion of Pakistan.
>
> I don't see much difference between this and the regular strikes on palestine
> by israel "to hit known terrorists". I see very little criticism of this in
> the US press.
>
> Both are "wrong" in my mind, it just irks to see the obvious dual standard
> being shown.
>
> Cheers
>
> Deri
>
> PS Commiserations on Murdoch buying the Washington Post. You can
> bet "Watergate" wouldn't have been reported if he'd owned it at the time.
> (He'd have used it as a "chip" in the big game - 'tis his way).
>
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An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all
progress depends on the unreasonable man.
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Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 12:38:34 -0600
From: "Kendall D. Corbett" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: obama wants to invade pakastan?
Deri,
The rhetoric also sounds to me more like Obama's willing to use ground
troops in Pakistan to hunt down bin Laden, whereas Clinton is more
likely to do a "surgical strike." I re-read the article, from the
Post, and it said the incident I was thinking of occurred in 1998.
On 8/2/07, Deri James <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On Thursday 02 August 2007 20:43:12 ken barber wrote:
> > thanks kendall, even after reading them, i must say i
> > am surprised by him saying this.
>
> From what I understand he was talking about a surgical strike based on an
> intelligence report of a planned meeting of al quaeda "high command" in 2005.
> Presumably this meeting would have decided which terrorist strikes to work
> towards in the future. Not an invasion of Pakistan.
>
> I don't see much difference between this and the regular strikes on palestine
> by israel "to hit known terrorists". I see very little criticism of this in
> the US press.
>
> Both are "wrong" in my mind, it just irks to see the obvious dual standard
> being shown.
>
> Cheers
>
> Deri
>
> PS Commiserations on Murdoch buying the Washington Post. You can
> bet "Watergate" wouldn't have been reported if he'd owned it at the time.
> (He'd have used it as a "chip" in the big game - 'tis his way).
>
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An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all
progress depends on the unreasonable man.
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Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 22:45:45 +0100
From: Deri James <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: obama wants to invade pakastan?
On Friday 03 August 2007 19:38:34 Kendall D. Corbett wrote:
> Deri,
>
> The rhetoric also sounds to me more like Obama's willing to use ground
> troops in Pakistan to hunt down bin Laden, whereas Clinton is more
> likely to do a "surgical strike." I re-read the article, from the
> Post, and it said the incident I was thinking of occurred in 1998.
>
Hi Kendal,
What he actually said was:-
============================================================
"It was a terrible mistake to fail to act when we had a chance to take out an
al-Qaeda leadership meeting in 2005," he said, referring to reports that the
US had decided not to launch a strike for fear of harming ties with Pakistan.
"If we have actionable intelligence about high-value terrorist targets and
President Musharraf won't act, we will," Mr Obama said.
============================================================
and I understand "take out" usually refers to some sort of surgical strike
rather than invasion by ground troops.
Cheers
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Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 23:10:38 +0100
From: Deri James <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: obama wants to invade pakastan?
On Friday 03 August 2007 19:25:05 Kendall D. Corbett wrote:
> Deri,
>
>
> It may be worse than the Post - He bought the Wall Street Journal,
> unless I missed the news about him buying the Post, too.
>
You're right - its the WSJ - the New York Post he's had for a while (plus
FoxNetwork of course).
Up until 2003 the US had strict rules covering media ownership,
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2955994.stm>
Cheers
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Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2007 15:44:52 -0700
From: Tamar Raine <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: NEURO 'PACEMAKER' [man] Emerges from 6 yea rs in coma- like state after new treatment
wow kat! so you're aable to understand a lot more of what is said?! fabulo=
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Message ----=0AFrom: Kat <[log in to unmask]>=0ATo: [log in to unmask]
RS.ORG=0ASent: Friday, August 3, 2007 4:29:57 AM=0ASubject: Re: NEURO 'PACE=
MAKER' [man] Emerges from 6 yea rs in coma- like state after new treatment=
=0A=0A=0AI'd like to say that the cochlear implant I had back in June and t=
he speech processor have =0Abeen the best things to happen for my hearing -=
so yay to modern technology!=0A=0AKat=0A=0A=0A&On Fri, 3 Aug 2007 05:39:29=
-0400, Meir Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:=0A=0A>I understand what bo=
th of you are saying=0A>=0A>I most literally PRAY that in=0A>2007-8........=
.....................................=0A>=0A>Technology being used is the b=
est and newest?=0A>=0A>Ok ok I'll take my rose colored glasses off now=0A>=
=0A>-----Original Message-----=0A>From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:C-PALSY=
@LISTSERV.ICORS.ORG] On Behalf Of=0A>Michael H. Collis=0A>Sent: Thursday, A=
ugust 02, 2007 21:41=0A>To: [log in to unmask]>Subject: Re: NEUR=
O 'PACEMAKER' [man] Emerges from 6 yea rs in coma- like state=0A>after new =
treatment=0A>=0A>I had it done to me in 1978; it worked for me, but only a =
little. I decided to=0A>let the battery die and not get a new battery, bec=
ausae the benefits didn't=0A>compare favorably with the expence. I was let=
ting society dictate to me what=0A>they wanted of me (less jerkiness, more =
co-ordination, more clear speech),=0A>instead of understanding that society=
is the one that disables. Once I=0A>understood that, I said no more expen=
ce.=0A>=0A>---- Original message ----=0A>>Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2007 11:44:48 -0=
600=0A>>From: "Kendall D. Corbett" <[log in to unmask]>=0A>>Subject:=
Re: NEURO 'PACEMAKER' [man] Emerges from 6 yea rs in coma-=0A>>like state =
after new treatment=0A>>To: [log in to unmask]>>=0A>>Meir,=0A>>=
=0A>>I heard this, and heard the same thing had been tried with Terri=0A>>S=
chiavo, and it didn't work. Have heard of deep brain stim being used=0A>>i=
n people with brain injuries and CP for spasticity and dystonia.=0A>>=0A>>h=
ttp://jnnp.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/72/2/249=0A>>=0A>>http://content.ka=
rger.com/ProdukteDB/produkte.asp?Aktion=3DShowPDF&Produk=0A>>tNr=3D224132&A=
usgabe=3D228997&ArtikelNr=3D68963&filename=3D68963.pdf=0A>>=0A>>http://tiny=
url.com/2xmes4=0A>>=0A>>=0A>>=0A>>=0A>>=0A>>On 8/2/07, Meir Weiss <i.weiss@=
sympatico.ca> wrote:=0A>>> Article rank CLEVELAND CLINIC=0A>>>=0A>>> Three=
-dimensional computer rendering depicts deep-brain stimulation=0A>>> electr=
odes that U.S. researchers say helped a 38-year-old man, who=0A>>> had been=
unable to communicate or feed himself for six years, emerge from a=0A>coma=
-like state.=0A>>>=0A>>> Implants awaken brain-injured man=0A>>>=0A>>> NEUR=
O 'PACEMAKER' Emerges from 6 years in coma- like state after new=0A>>> trea=
tment=0A>>>=0A>>> MARGARET MUNRO CANWEST NEWS SERVICE=0A>>> A 38-year-old U=
.S. man unable to communicate or feed himself for six=0A>>> years has been =
reawakened from a coma-like state by tiny electrodes=0A>>> implanted deep i=
n his brain.=0A>>>=0A>>>=0A>>> The man, incapacitated after an assault left=
him in a "minimally=0A>>> conscious state," is interacting with family and=
friends, and=0A>>> gradually regaining more control of his mind and body.=
=0A>>>=0A>>>=0A>>> The family has requested anonymity, but the man's mother=
gave a=0A>>> tearful account in a teleconference yesterday of how her son =
was=0A>>> declared a "vegetable" and languished in a care facility after hi=
s=0A>>> skull was crushed and he was "left for dead" following a robbery.=
=0A>>>=0A>>>=0A>>> She thanked doctors for bringing back the eldest of her =
three sons,=0A>>; who had loved music, drawing and comic books.=0A>>>=0A>>>=
=0A>>> With the electrodes delivering weak electrical pulses to his brain=
=0A>>> for 12 hours a day, she said he is once again connecting with the=0A=
>>> world. He can watch movies, drink from a cup, cry, laugh, express pain =
and=0A>say: "I love you, mommy."=0A>>>=0A>>>=0A>>> "I still cry every time =
I see him, but now it's tears of joy," she said.=0A>>>=0A>>>=0A>>> The rese=
archers, who describe the case in the journal Nature, say=0A>>> deep-brain =
stimulation is opening the door to treatment of severe=0A>>> brain damage a=
nd might eventually help thousands of families.=0A>>>=0A>>>=0A>>> Dr. Ali R=
ezai, director of the Centre for Neurological Restoration at=0A>>> the Clev=
eland Clinic, led the surgical team that implanted two=0A>>> electrodes in =
the man's brain in 2005, wiring them to pacemaker=0A>>> batteries in his ch=
est in a bid to switch on undamaged regions of his=0A>>> brain. Rezai liken=
s the result to a pacemaker for the brain. The=0A>>> doctors charting the m=
an's progress say the changes have been "remarkable and=0A>sustained."=0A>>=
>=0A>>>=0A>>> "He regularly uses words and gestures and responds to questio=
ns=0A>>> quickly," said Dr. Joseph Giacino, co-leader of the study and=0A>>=
> associate director of the=0A>>>=0A>>>=0A>>> Wired wonder: New Jersey Neur=
oscience Institute. The man, who lives=0A>>> in an East Coast rehabilitatio=
n centre, no longer requires a feeding=0A>>> tube and can drink from a cup =
and brush his hair. He routinely speaks=0A>>> in snatches of two and three =
words and has been able to recite the=0A>>> first 16 words of the U.S. Pled=
ge of Allegiance.=0A>>>=0A>>>=0A>>> While the man is good at engaging in th=
e moment, the doctors say he=0A>>> has trouble retaining new information an=
d remembering what has happened from=0A>day to day.=0A>>> Years of severe i=
mmobility also greatly limit his movements, and he=0A>>> is unable to stand=
or walk, although the researchers are not ruling=0A>>> out the possibility=
that he will be able to do so.=0A>>>=0A>>>=0A>>> "His body now has to catc=
h up with his brain," said Dr. Joseph Fins,=0A>>> chief of medical ethics a=
t New York's Weill Cornell Medical College,=0A>>> who is helping guide the =
project.=0A>>>=0A>>>=0A>>> The U.S. team plans to try the procedure on 11 m=
ore patients as part=0A>>> of a government-approved trial. If successful, i=
t could lead to=0A>>> re-evaluation of countless people in the minimally co=
nscious state.=0A>>> There is little reliable data on how many people are i=
n such a state,=0A>>> but the researchers said one study has estimated ther=
e could be as many as=0A>280,000 North Americans.=0A>>>=0A>>>=0A>>> "It wil=
l force us to take a second look at each case and - for=0A>>> appropriate p=
atients - move away from the therapeutic nihilism that=0A>>> has so plagued=
this population, most of whom are ignored, receiving=0A>>> what is euphemi=
stically described as 'custodial care,' " Fins said.=0A>>>=0A>>>=0A>>> Obse=
rvers caution that the procedure has so far only been shown to=0A>>> work i=
n one carefully selected patient and much more research is needed.=0A>>>=0A=
>>>=0A>>> "It is impressive, but it is just the first step," said Dr. Elena=
=0A>>> Moro, the neurologist in charge of deep-brain stimulation at Toronto=
Western=0A>Hospital.=0A>>>=0A>>>=0A>>> The Toronto team, the largest group=
of its kind in Canada, implants=0A>>> deep-brain stimulation electrodes in=
about 60 patients a year to=0A>>> treat movement disorders, pain, epilepsy=
and, as part of a clinical trial,=0A>severe depression.=0A>>>=0A>>>=0A>>> =
The probes target different regions of the brain depending on the=0A>>> dis=
order. Moro said it is not clear how the electrical impulses work=0A>>> to =
reduce pain, restore the ability to walk or, as appears to be the=0A>>> cas=
e with the U.S. man, to reconnect individuals with the conscious world.=0A>=
>>=0A>>>=0A>>> The U.S. researchers speculate that the electrical impulses =
are=0A>>> amplifying their MCS patient's brain activity and are "bumping up=
" its=0A>efficiency.=0A>>>=0A>>>=0A>>>=0A>>>=0A>>>=0A>>>=0A>>>=0A>>>=0A>>> =
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sts in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all=0A>>progress de=
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