Links for 28-01-2008
Re-routing nerves; Orwell on writing; senility may be caused by lead and other toxins …
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1 – Rerouting peripheral nerves
“Peripheral-nerve rerouting procedures have been used with significant success to restore significant function after Spinal Column Injury.”
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2 – George Orwell: Politics and the English Language
“Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it.”
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3 – Lead Linked to Aging in Older Brains
“The new work suggests long-ago lead exposure can make an aging person’s brain work as if it’s five years older than it really is.”
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