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Researchers Perform First Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass

By Health Correspondent In a world first, researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and Emory School of Medicine in Atlanta have successfully carried out a coronary artery bypass without opening the chest. Coronary artery bypass surgery is usually a form of open-heart surgery. This new approach avoided cutting

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Phantom Limb Study Rewires our Understanding of the Brain

By Science Correspondent In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers found that the brain’s control center for a lost appendage can persist long after surgical amputation — a finding that challenges long-held theories about the brain’s ability to reorganize itself, also known as plasticity. Scientists from the National Institutes of Health