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Rebranded Nokia Health Devices

June 28, 2017 The Mail Man 0

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which acquired Withings of France last 2016 is now rebranding these health
monitoring and recording products.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">It was
announced in the Mobile World Congress held in Barcelona, Spain. By then, all
Withings devices will be sold under the brand of Nokia. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nokia’s newly branded health
offering includes smart, connected devices such as watches, scales, a
thermometer and blood pressure monitors, all designed for daily monitoring of
parameters such as physical activity, weight, blood pressure, sleep, heart rate
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<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">The
devices such as watches, scales, blood pressure monitors and thermometers  are designed to monitor physical activity,
weight, blood pressure, sleep and heart rate.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"> These devices such as the Nokia Steel watches
can track daytime activity, rest and sleep. With the thermometer, it has 16
infrared sensors that can take temperature readings from the temple to the side
of the head.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">An algorithm
ensures that the readings will be most accurate since the sensors can take up
to 4,000 readings in 2 seconds.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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connected hairbrush can analyze the quality of the user’s hair.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">Health
data can be stored in the Nokia Health Mate app. This will record the complete health
history of the user. Trends can be monitored by the app and is useful in
following wellness programs and data collation that can be utilized in
improving the user’s health. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="letter-spacing: -0.1pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">These
devices can enable the user to check and monitor all kinds of their personal
health data daily.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nokia has been keeping up with new
trends in electronic medical records keeping, vital signs monitoring and health
technology applications.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These are stand alone or can be
used to connect with other devices and will allow a more complete and
comprehensive health related information that can be used in monitoring the
health conditions of the users. Particularly, these can be very useful in cases
of diabetes, heart disease and hypertension management of the users and their doctors.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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PH Student is NatGeo’s Everyday Genius

June 07, 2017 The Mail Man 0

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">NatGEo's Everyday Genius: John Elmer Loterizo</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">A 20 year old software engineering student from Central Philippine University (CPU) won the grand prize in National Geographic’s Everyday Genius contest.  John Elmer Loterizo to the plum with his Patient in-transit Diagnostics System (PaDS).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">PaDS is an app that sends a patient’s diagnostics prior to arrival to any hospital that is a critical component in patient management during emergencies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> “PaDS was an idea created through my observation of the protocol in emergency cases here in the country.”  “As I come to read news articles on patients not being accepted in hospitals here in the country because of the lack of facilities and the like, the chances of that patient receiving the immediate care becomes slim,” Loterizo said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">PaDS is a communications link between an emergency medical responder and a medical practitioner that is awaiting for the arrival of a patient in transit.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Time and information are of the most critical essence during times of emergencies and having advanced knowledge of conditions and diagnostics of a patient will spell the difference between life and death during most cases.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the Philippine setting, emergency cases had to contend with traffic in urban areas while in rural areas, the distance between primary health centers and tertiary hospitals with the proper equipment to handle such cases is an ever present factor.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As experienced by Loterizo himself, “It’s based on my personal experience,”  “I  had a hypokalemia  at around 2 a.m. I was rushed to the hospital because I had difficulty breathing but to no avail, I had to wait for a couple of minutes before being entertained. After I was entertained, the doctors still had to query me about my medical history before giving me some form of initial treatment and subjecting myself to some tests,” Loterizo related</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The wide use of smartphones in the country is a boon for solutions in addressing such critical cases. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">PaDS work as a private two way conversation between a medical practitioner and the attending emergency medical responder on-site. This is of importance when the recipient hospital is not yet aware of an incoming emergency case and PaDS will advance information to the hospital so that preparations for the proper management of the case can be made before the actual arrival of the patient. </span></div>
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Paper Documentation And Its Effects On Healthcare

June 05, 2017 Francis Dominic 0

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<span style="font-size: large;">A question that almost everyone can relate to: How long was the longest, most boring time you've spent in the doctor's office or the nurses' station waiting for the retrieval or initiation of your records using papers?</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One study conducted among physician trainees in a certain hospital sometime 2013 came up with a conclusion stating that " Trainees' current clinical documentation workload may be a barrier to optimal patient care and to resident and fellow education. Residents and fellows report that clinical documentation duties are onerous, and there is a perceived negative effect on time spent with patients, overall quality of patient care, physician well-being, time available for teaching, and quality of resident education.". </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Paper documentation has been married to healthcare for quite a long time already. It has almost became the heart of every health care practitioner, to the point where it has gained the spotlight more prominently than the patients themselves. However, not only does this require considerable time from healthcare workers, it also means some drawbacks for the general health care delivery to individuals. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">More specifically, in the aforementioned study, results show that Over a 2-month time frame, 1515 trainees in 24 specialties completed the survey. Most (92%) reported that documentation obligations are excessive, that time spent with patients has been compromised by this (90%), and that the amount of clinical documentation has had a negative effect on patient care (73%). Most residents and fellows reported feeling rushed and frustrated because of these documentation demands. They also reported that time spent on these tasks decreased their time available for teaching others and reduced the quality of their education. Respondents reported spending more time on clinical documentation than on direct patient care.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Paper documentation takes up so much time, that some physicians can accidentally forget the medications and other considerations for the patients. That's quite alarming, isn't it? </span><br />
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From Paperwork To Paperless: Electronic Medical Records

June 05, 2017 Francis Dominic 0

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<span style="font-size: large;">For years, we have been used to the sight of medical secretaries, nurses, and doctors flipping over and spending valuable time retrieving and analyzing paper documents. However, our time has evolved and has become more rapid, that it's too "retro" to wait and scan over that medical sheet from the dusty drawer. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Paperwork can take up a significant amount of space, and this requirement will only get bigger as the number of documents you accrue grows. Furthermore, documents will typically need to be stored close to hand so that they can be accessed as quickly as possible. If they are located on another floor or in a different building, you could experience severe productivity losses when retrieving forms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nevertheless, since hospitals all over the world have started investing on ELECTRONIC MEDICAL/ HEALTH RECORDS, communication and the process from getting a consultation to doing medical procedures has never been so convenient and fast. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">EHRs and the ability to exchange health information electronically can help you provide higher quality and safer care for patients while creating tangible enhancements for your organization. EHRs help providers better manage care for patients and provide better health care by Providing accurate, up-to-date, and complete information about patients at the point of care, Enabling quick access to patient records for more coordinated, efficient care, Helping providers more effectively diagnose patients, reduce medical errors, and provide safer care, Improving patient and provider interaction and communication, as well as health care convenience and the list just goes on. </span></div>
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Using Robots In Fruit Fly Brain Dissection

May 30, 2017 The Reporter 0

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<span style="font-size: large;">By now, it’s starting to seep into our consciousness that <a href="http://www.healthtech.ph/search/label/Robotics%20and%20Surgery"><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">robots are about to take over Surgery</span></b></a> as a medical sub-industry. Today, we show you another way that robots are being refined to conduct medical procedures on humans in the future. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This video demonstrates the use of a brain surgery robot on a fruit fly. Fruit flies, in general, are the choice of the scientific community in terms of research. <a href="http://www.yourgenome.org/facts/why-use-the-fly-in-research">The reasons are numerous</a>, such as the fact that 75% of human genes are also present in the fruit fly. Aside from that, they easily breed, and are inexpensive to maintain. It is logical, then, that robots are now being used to study fruit flies’ brain structure. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">According to the initial application of the robot, around 1,000 fruit flies were dissected in a 10-hour period. By contrast, manually dissecting fruit flies could be a rather tricky ordeal, with the process ranging from catching the fly, to rendering it immobile, as well as dissecting with tools that can manipulate the fly’s brain for research. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This machine, then, will allow a more in-depth study into the neural structures of the fruit fly, allowing medical researchers to learn more about the mechanisms and structures of brains in general, as well as to find out the causes of brain degeneration. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In spite of the fact that the machine is very dexterous, precise, and accurate, the researchers who pioneered the technology <a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/s/408679/inside-the-brains-of-fruit-flies/">aren’t keen on outlining its use for human brain surgery anytime soon</a>, however. The researchers are far more keen on employing the use of the technology to study neurological degeneration on fruit flies and a range of other insects, for the meantime. </span><br />
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<li><a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/s/408679/inside-the-brains-of-fruit-flies/"><span style="font-size: large;">Inside the Brains of Fruit Flies</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/14/science/14neuron.html"><span style="font-size: large;">Decoding the Human Brain, With Help From a Fly</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://mentalfloss.com/article/64462/robots-can-perform-brain-surgery-flies"><span style="font-size: large;">Robots Can Perform Brain Surgery on Flies</span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/28/science/a-robot-that-can-perform-brain-surgery-on-a-fruit-fly.html"><span style="font-size: large;">A Robot That Can Perform Brain Surgery on a Fruit Fly</span></a></li>
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<li><a href="http://greenspanlab.ucsd.edu/networks_fly.html"><span style="font-size: large;">Networks in the Fruit Fly Brain</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.nature.com/nmeth/journal/v12/n7/full/nmeth.3410.html"><span style="font-size: large;">Dexterous robotic manipulation of alert adult Drosophila for high-content experimentation</span></a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.jove.com/video/55128/a-simple-one-step-dissection-protocol-for-whole-mount-preparation"><span style="font-size: large;">A Simple One-step Dissection Protocol for Whole-mount Preparation of Adult Drosophila Brains</span></a></li>
<li><i><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2660653/"><span style="font-size: large;">Drosophila melanogaster as a Model Organism of Brain Diseases</span></a></i></li>
<li><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/srep08920"><span style="font-size: large;">Visualization of synaptic domains in the Drosophila brain by magnetic resonance microscopy at 10 micron isotropic resolution</span></a></li>
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<li><a href="http://www.yourgenome.org/facts/why-use-the-fly-in-research"><span style="font-size: large;">Why use the fly in research?</span></a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.unc.edu/depts/our/hhmi/hhmi-ft_learning_modules/fruitflymodule/"><span style="font-size: large;">Using fruit flies in research</span></a></li>
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How 3D Printing May Be Able To Solve Infertility Issues

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<span style="font-size: large;">Want children, but it seems like no matter how hard you try, you and your spouse just couldn’t seem to help nature bring forth your heart’s desire? Rejoice, as a breakthrough may be on the horizon: Researchers at the Women's Health Research Institute at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine have engineered another use for 3D Printing—a possible solution to infertility. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The researchers installed a 3D-printed ovary on a mouse, and the mouse was able to mate naturally and give birth to two pups of her own. An interesting way for technology to help nature, right?  </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">While this medical breakthrough only seems to address the lack of a functioning ovary in a mouse, who knows what else 3D printing could replace? Damaged fallopian tubes? Endometrial lining that just can’t hold a baby firmly? An STD-ravaged cervix? Or how about testes that don’t produce the right amount of sperm to sustain fertilization? The possibilities are endless.  </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The application for 3D printing is chiefly in creating prosthetic parts for amputees and other patients who may require assistance with limbs and other body parts. The technology has also been used in creating anatomically-accurate models for teaching purposes, as well as medical equipment that may have been more expensive to create and transport otherwise. Although medical professionals can already create tissues complete with blood vessels, heart valves, and even sensors for organs that may have lost feeling through wonders of 3D printing, solutions for infertility had been unheard-of, at least, until today.  </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So if IVF or surrogate pregnancy won’t work for you and your spouse, decades in the very near future, you may be able to hold a bundle of pure joy and your merged DNA—thanks to the wonders of 3D Printing.  </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For more applications on 3D Printing, <b><a href="https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/12-things-we-can-3d-print-in-medicine-right-now-42867/">VISIT THIS LINK</a></b>.  </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2017/05/16/health/3-d-printed-ovary/">This news was scooped from CNN</a></b>. A video explaining the medical breakthrough is also available on the linked article. </span><br />
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Future Forward: Whole-Head Transplant By Dr. Sergio Canavero, Dr. Xiaoping Ren, et, al.

May 09, 2017 The Reporter 0

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<span style="font-size: large;">A full head transplant. The phrase evokes wispy memories of Isaac Asimov, Aldous Huxley, or George Orwell’s 1984. This is the stuff of hardcore science fiction, but it’s been done. Over and over and over again by <a href="https://web.facebook.com/SergioCanaveroMD/">Dr. Sergio Canavero, M.D</a>.  </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Late last week, the Philippine Daily Inquirer reported on Dr. Canavero’s latest whole head transplant exploit, <a href="https://technology.inquirer.net/62164/surgeons-successfully-transplant-2nd-head-onto-rat#ixzz4g8rm0wYV">a whole head transplant between two rats</a>, with one rat as the host for blood supply. While this operation is definitely groundbreaking, this is not Dr. Canavero’s first attempt.  </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dr. Canavero earned both praise and notoriety when he declared in 2015 and 2016 that he and his team would be able to finally carry out a whole-head transplant on humans by 2017. Dr. Canavero, in partnership with the Harbin Medical University in China and <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/chinese-surgeon-who-has-performed-1000-head-transplants-on-mice-wants-to-create-the-first-head-10304115.html">Dr. Xiaoping Ren</a>, was able to carry out a whole-head transplant on a monkey in 2015 (estimated).  </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">However, it was way back in 2013 when Dr. Canavero started his streak of success in carrying out <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3408400/Surgeon-claims-carried-HEAD-transplant-live-monkey-Controversial-trial-lead-procedure-humans.html">over a thousand whole head transplants on mice and rats</a>. And with their reported success on carrying out a whole head transplant on not just a monkey, but also a human being, Dr. Canavero’s projection that he, Dr. Xiaoping Ren, and the rest of their team would be able to successfully carry out a whole head transplant on a real live human being by the end of 2017 is fast becoming a reality.  </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Not everyone is happy about this “Frankensteinian” development, however. Protests about the ethical ramifications of this specific operation are rife, and Dr. Canavero and his team have hit many roadblocks in the quest to carry out the operation on humans who actually need it.  </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In 2016, it was reported that Valery Spriridonov, who suffers from <a href="http://observer.com/2017/04/dr-sergio-canavero-head-transplant/">Werdnig-Hoffman disease</a>, a condition that has wasted his muscles and rendered him a paraplegic, would be the first-ever patient for the human whole-head transplant. However, possibly due to his concerns about the success rates of the operation, it was decided that the first patient to receive a complete whole-head transplant would be a Chinese patient. Dr. Sergio Canavero <a href="https://web.facebook.com/SergioCanaveroMD/photos/a.295594744144773.1073741828.295472257490355/399287613775485/?type=3">has assured the public</a> that they are still in search of solutions for Spriridonov.  </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Dr. Sergio Canavero, Dr. Xiaoping Ren, the Harbin Medical University in China and the rest of their supporters have since received <a href="https://www.ooom.com/digital/sergio-canavero-a-revolution-in-medicine/">extensive exposure on OOOM.com</a>, which calls itself “The first global platform to inspire and connect people with the same thoughts, feelings, interests, wishes, and needs,” with the goal to “[…]Show people how to lead a better, more sustainable, and much more inspired life.”  </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">While <a href="https://www.newscientist.com/article/2073923-head-transplant-carried-out-on-monkey-claims-maverick-surgeon/">the protests</a> regarding the procedure are <a href="https://braindecoder.com/post/please-dont-take-the-head-transplant-surgeon-seriously-1085090918">rife</a>, the fact remains that <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/12112051/First-head-transplant-successfully-carried-out-on-monkey-claims-surgeon.html">the procedure</a> holds much potential for individuals who need a new body, and subsequently, a new lease in life. Valery Spriridonov is not alone in dreaming of finally being able to do what the rest of us merely take for granted. Conditions such as cerebral palsy, spina bifida, the viral ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease), as well as other conditions and accidents that cause <a href="http://www.humanillnesses.com/original/Pan-Pre/Paralysis.html">paralysis</a> and <a href="http://www.healthline.com/symptom/muscle-wasting">muscle atrophy</a>, severely limit a person’s mobility and quality of life. Which is why, in spite of the ethical considerations for Dr. Sergio Canavero’s groundbreaking work, the potential for greater good is still very palpable.  </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Will this procedure make it into mainstream surgery and neurosurgery? Only the very near future will tell. </span><br />
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Future Forward: Whole-Head Transplant By Dr. Sergio Canavero, Dr. Xiaoping Ren, et, al.

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A full head transplant. The phrase evokes wispy memories of Isaac Asimov, Aldous Huxley, or George Orwell’s 1984. This is the stuff of ha...