Rather than making sound louder, like a hearing aid, it gives the “sensation” of hearing, by directly stimulating the auditory nerve that communicates with the brain, bypassing the damaged sound-sensing hair cells in a part of the inner ear known as the cochlea. Source link
The Connemara Public Library, established in 1860, became the first ever public library in 1896. After the Act came into force, it became the State Central Library on April 1, 1950. | Photo Credit: R. RAGU The Anna Centenary Library (right), inaugurated by Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on September 15, 2010, is also the State … Read more
Four women have had a landmark two-in-one operation to reduce the inherited risk of ovarian cancer. Source link
The technique uses an internal camera and aims to reduce patients’ pain and hospital stay. Source link
About 200 patients are to be offered a blood test as an alternative to colonoscopies. Source link