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20Jul/15

Chimaera device paves way for wireless pain relief

July 20, 2015InnovationGOOGLE INC., head, Headaches, Health/Medical/Pharmaceuticals, Implants, Medicine, Migraine, Neurostimulation, Neurosurgery, Neurotechnology, pain, pain management, Prosthetics, Simon Karger, Surgeon, Surgery, Technology/Internet, wireless pain managementsmbale

CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND, UK (REUTERS) – A new prototype surgical device – called Chimaera – aims to put wireless pain management into patients’ hands.
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09Mar/15

France debates ‘deep sleep’ option at end of life, no euthanasia

March 9, 2015MedicineAssisted suicide, Death, Disability rights, Ethics, Euthanasia, France, François Hollande, Health/Medical/Pharmaceuticals, Homicide, Jean Leonetti, Medicine, pain, Palliative medicine, Right to die, Sedation, Social Issues, Suicide, Voluntary euthanasiasmbale

Some say it’s euthanasia, others say it’s not enough, French legislators are to start examining a draft law which would give the right to “deep and ongoing sedation” until death for terminally ill patients.

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