Sentences with phrase «first brain surgery»

When he was recovering from his first brain surgery, he told us he was not afraid of death, but he was worried about us.

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Moghadam later attributed some of his behavior to the effects of the then unknown brain tumor, but the first indication that Moghadam's unruly approach could do damage came late last year, after his surgery had been deemed a success.

He decided to train as a doctor, and became hooked on his particular specialism after witnessing his first experience of brain surgery.

This study was the first to assess brain activity in women before and after bariatric surgery.

Right now, treatment for stroke is centered on the first few hours, when rapid intervention with drugs or surgery can prevent brain tissue from dying.

«Because it was the first time anyone had implanted this part of the human brain, everything about the surgery was different: the location, the positioning and how you manage the hardware.

The ancient Greeks provided the first accounts of brain surgery, performed by followers of the physician Hippocrates.

That ability to stay just at the edge of the envelope is what has made Black one of the world's most sought - after neurosurgeons, first at UCLA, where at 36 he became the youngest - ever full professor of neurosurgery, and now at Cedars - Sinai, where at 46 he has already performed more than 4,000 brain surgeries, the medical equivalent of closing in on baseball's all - time career hits record.

«We think that widespread disruption to synaptic connectivity — the brain's communication pathways — is what makes surgery possible, although effective anaesthetics such as propofol do put you to sleep first,» he said.

«After having a sleeve gastrectomy, if a woman has a couple of drinks, she could be exposing her brain to blood alcohol levels that are achieved in a woman without surgery when she consumes four or five drinks,» adds first author M. Belen Acevedo, a postdoc in Pepino's group at U of I. «Drinking, such that it raises blood alcohol levels above legal drinking limits, is considered a binge drinking episode and has been associated with an increased risk of developing alcohol problems.»

One of the first clues that swearing is more than mere language came from a 1965 brain surgery performed at the Omaha Veterans Administration Hospital in Nebraska.

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon: June 17, 2008 - Pat Millstone of University City has followed reports of Sen. Ted Kennedy's brain tumor and surgery with more than passing interest.

This is the first time I've purchased insurance and when my father - in - law had to have brain surgery, thought that I was covered.

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A first surgical assistant will upgrade their skills to a particular type of surgery, like open heart surgery or brain related surgery.

Tony Ma has done both and while he would be the first to admit that selling homes is not exactly brain surgery, he considers the real estate business to be challenging, stimulating and extremely satisfying.