Cochlear implant surgery live tweeting of surgery

A live tweet of cochlear implant surgery from @swedish a hospital in Seattle USA

http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2012/10/01/hospital-to-perform-first-live-tweetedinstagrammed-hearing-restoration-surgery/

Dentist should be checking for oral cancer

News item covering that dentists should be carrying out oral cancer screening at a routine check up. Although many already do

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19714151

Do painkillers causes deafness

Link to NHS Choices - behind the headlines review of this story
http://www.nhs.uk/news/2012/09September/Pages/Painkiller-deafness-fears.aspx

Possible 'cure' for deafness

Reported here by the BBC and study published in Nature. Stem cell treatment for cochlear nerve damage. early stages as the Gerbils were only followed up for 10 days. Interesting area for further research.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19570024

Sound a major emotional driver for humans?

http://www.npr.org/2012/09/07/160766898/sound-a-major-emotional-driver-for-humans?ft=1&f=1007

Whooping Cough

Article which looks at the causes of the current whooping cough outbreak in USA. Similar rise occuring in the UK.

http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2012/09/why_babies_are_dying_of_whooping_cough_.html

Gene therapy restores sense of smell in mice

Research on cilia for congential ansomia

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-19409154